// Station · 13m ago

PWAK

Wake Island Airfield

CAT MVFR

WIND 070° / 18 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 32.2°C / 22.6°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 14 FT

19.2824°N / 166.6366°E

LOCATION · Wake Island, UM

WIND

070°18 kt

PWAK · 14 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/18

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

32 / 23

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Brisk winds at 070°/18 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. 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 PWAK 130055Z AUTO 07018KT 5SM HZ CLR 32/23 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP128 T03220226

PWAK · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 070° at 18 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · temp 32°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 18 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

070°18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

10★ HDG 100° H16 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

28 HDG 280° T16 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,014 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 +17°C

2,100FT

+2,086 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV14 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT32 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,100 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,086 ft above PWAK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL16,277 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

18:48ZSUNRISE

00:41ZSOLAR NOON

06:33ZSUNSET

06:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:56Z (5h 47m) DAY LENGTH11h 45m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE20:09Z MOONSET07:55Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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