// Station · 9m ago

PWAK

Wake Island Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 100° / 5 kt

VIS 8.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.5°C / 24.9°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 14 FT

19.2824°N / 166.6366°E

LOCATION · Wake Island, UM

WIND

100°5 kt

PWAK · 14 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/5

VIS

8.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 25

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 100°/5 kt. Visibility 8.0 SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 PWAK 111355Z AUTO 10005KT 8SM CLR 29/25 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02850249

PWAK · day 11 at 13:55 UTC · wind from 100° at 5 kt · visibility 8.0 SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

100°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

10★ HDG 100° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

28 HDG 280° T5 kt X0 kt — —

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 +14°C

1,600FT

+1,586 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV14 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT20 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 +1,586 ft above PWAK'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 · 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 LEVEL14,408 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

18:23ZSUNRISE

01:00ZSOLAR NOON

07:36ZSUNSET

08:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:00Z (17h 56m) DAY LENGTH13h 12m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE15:47Z MOONSET05:00Z FULL MOON IN18 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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