// Station · 4h 52m ago · STALE

PTSA

Kosrae International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 13,000 ft

T/Td 27°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 11 FT

5.3570°N / 162.9580°E

LOCATION · Okat, FM

WIND

150°6 kt

PTSA · 11 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN130

LAYERS

FEW018 BKN130 OVC300

T / Td

27 / 24

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 13,000 ft. Light winds at 150°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 1,800 ft, broken at 13,000 ft, and overcast 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 PTSA 270658Z 15006KT 10SM FEW018 BKN130 OVC300 27/24 A2980 RMK LAST

PTSA · day 27 at 06:58 UTC · wind from 150° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · broken layer at 13,000 ft · overcast at 30,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

150°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H1 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,750'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T1 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,011 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

+1,589 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV11 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 +1,589 ft above PTSA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC300

Overcast · base 30,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN130

Broken · base 13,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING13,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER30,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,647 ft VFR MARGIN+10,000 ft

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

18:54ZSUNRISE

01:06ZSOLAR NOON

07:18ZSUNSET

07:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:40Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE03:39Z MOONSET16:03Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of PTSA.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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