// Station · 2h 15m ago · STALE

PLCH

Cassidy International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 30,000 ft

T/Td 27°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 5 FT

1.9863°N / 157.3500°W

LOCATION · Kiritimati, KI

WIND

000°0 kt

PLCH · 5 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN300

LAYERS

FEW019 BKN300

T / Td

27 / 26

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 30,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,900 ft, and broken at 30,000 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 PLCH 251400Z 00000KT 9999 FEW019 BKN300 27/26 Q1009

PLCH · day 25 at 14:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,900 ft · broken layer at 30,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 6,900'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 6,900'

Pattern altitude: 1,005 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

1,600FT

+1,595 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT129 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,595 ft above PLCH's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN300

Broken · base 30,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW019

Few · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING30,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER30,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,641 ft VFR MARGIN+27,000 ft

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

16:28ZSUNRISE

22:32ZSOLAR NOON

04:37ZSUNSET

04:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:58Z (12h 43m) DAY LENGTH12h 09m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE02:30Z MOONSET14:40Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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