// Station · 4m ago

PKWA

Bucholz Army Air Field

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27°C / 24.2°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 9 FT

8.7201°N / 167.7320°E

LOCATION · Kwajalein, MH

WIND

240°12 kt

PKWA · 9 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 24

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 240°/12 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 PKWA 252020Z AUTO 24012KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2990 RMK AO2 T02700242

PKWA · day 25 at 20:20 UTC · wind from 240° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

240°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H12 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,668'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T12 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,009 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 +12°C

1,500FT

+1,491 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV9 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT27 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,491 ft above PKWA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,645 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+11)

18:42ZSUNRISE

00:52ZSOLAR NOON

07:02ZSUNSET

07:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:23Z (10h 59m) DAY LENGTH12h 20m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE04:53Z MOONSET17:13Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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