// Station · 1h 4m ago · STALE

PLCH

Cassidy International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 29°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 5 FT

1.9863°N / 157.3500°W

LOCATION · Kiritimati, KI

WIND

270°3 kt

PLCH · 5 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

FEW019 SCT040 BKN100

T / Td

29 / 26

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Light winds at 270°/3 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,900 ft, scattered at 4,000 ft, and broken at 10,000 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 130000Z 27003KT 9999 FEW019 SCT040 BKN100 29/26 Q1008

PLCH · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,900 ft · scattered layer at 4,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

270°3 kt

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 +14°C

1,900FT

+1,895 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT159 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,895 ft above PLCH's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT040

Scattered · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW019

Few · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,651 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

16:14ZSUNRISE

22:16ZSOLAR NOON

04:19ZSUNSET

04:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:40Z (3h 35m) DAY LENGTH12h 04m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:35Z MOONSET05:40Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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