// Station · 14m ago

PGSN

Saipan International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29.4°C / 24.4°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 215 FT

15.1194°N / 145.7288°E

LOCATION · I Fadang, Saipan, MP

WIND

200°6 kt

PGSN · 215 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW021

T / Td

29 / 24

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 200°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,100 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PGSN 130054Z 20006KT 10SM FEW021 29/24 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02940244 $

PGSN · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 200° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,100 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

200°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,700'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

07 HDG 070° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,215 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +15°C

2,000FT

+1,785 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV215 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT233 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,785 ft above PGSN's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW021

Few · base 2,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,063 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+10)

20:09ZSUNRISE

02:04ZSOLAR NOON

07:59ZSUNSET

08:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 51m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:21Z (7h 13m) DAY LENGTH11h 50m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE21:30Z MOONSET09:20Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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