// Station · 16h 20m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

PTSA

Kosrae International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 240° / 15 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,600 ft

T/Td 29°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.82 inHg

ELEV 11 FT

5.3570°N / 162.9580°E

LOCATION · Okat, FM

WIND

240°15 kt

PTSA · 11 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/15

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN016

LAYERS

BKN016 BKN130 OVC300

T / Td

29 / 25

ALTIM

29.82"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,600 ft. Brisk winds at 240°/15 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,600 ft, broken at 13,000 ft, and overcast at 30,000 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PTSA 250152Z 24015KT 10SM BKN016TCU BKN130 OVC300 29/25 A2982 RMK TCU S AND W LAST

PTSA · day 25 at 01:52 UTC · wind from 240° at 15 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,600 ft · broken layer at 13,000 ft · overcast at 30,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.82" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 15 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

240°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H15 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,750'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T15 kt X3 kt LEFT —

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 +14°C

1,800FT

+1,789 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV11 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT109 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,789 ft above PTSA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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 · 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

BKN016

Broken · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER30,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,657 ft VFR MARGIN-1,400 ft

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

19:04ZSUNRISE

01:11ZSOLAR NOON

07:19ZSUNSET

07:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:40Z (13h 27m) DAY LENGTH12h 14m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE05:10Z MOONSET17:25Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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