// Station · 8h 27m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

PTSA

Kosrae International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 12,000 ft

T/Td 27°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 11 FT

5.3570°N / 162.9580°E

LOCATION · Okat, FM

WIND

170°8 kt

PTSA · 11 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN120

LAYERS

SCT015 BKN120 OVC280

T / Td

27 / 25

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Moderate winds at 170°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 1,500 ft, broken at 12,000 ft, and overcast at 28,000 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 110550Z COR 17008KT 10SM SCT015 BKN120 OVC280 27/25 A2980 RMK LAST

PTSA · day 11 at 05:50 UTC · wind from 170° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 1,500 ft · broken layer at 12,000 ft · overcast at 28,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

170°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H4 kt X7 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,750'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T4 kt X7 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 ↗ +100 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)

OVC280

Overcast · base 28,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN120

Broken · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT015

Scattered · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER28,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,647 ft VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

19:02ZSUNRISE

01:14ZSOLAR NOON

07:27ZSUNSET

07:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 09m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:49Z (17h 32m) DAY LENGTH12h 24m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE16:26Z MOONSET04:51Z FULL MOON IN18 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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