// Station · 9m ago

PWAK

Wake Island Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 24°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 14 FT

19.2824°N / 166.6366°E

LOCATION · Wake Island, UM

WIND

080°9 kt

PWAK · 14 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT016 SCT021

T / Td

27 / 24

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 080°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 1,600 ft, and scattered at 2,100 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

SPECI PWAK 271145Z AUTO 08009KT 10SM SCT016 SCT021 27/24 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP165 $

PWAK · day 27 at 11:45 UTC · wind from 080° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 1,600 ft · scattered layer at 2,100 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

080°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

10★ HDG 100° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

28 HDG 280° T8 kt X3 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 +12°C

1,300FT

+1,286 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV14 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT-77 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,300 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,286 ft above PWAK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT021

Scattered · base 2,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT016

Scattered · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,650 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

18:16ZSUNRISE

00:51ZSOLAR NOON

07:27ZSUNSET

07:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:50Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE03:01Z MOONSET16:11Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of PWAK.

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

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