// Station · 1h 5m ago · STALE

CYAM

Sault Ste Marie Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 28,000 ft

T/Td 15°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 630 FT

46.4832°N / 84.5085°W

LOCATION · Sault Ste Marie, CA

WIND

VRB2 kt

CYAM · 630 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN280

LAYERS

FEW057 BKN280

T / Td

15 / 15

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 28,000 ft. Light winds at variable/2 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 5,700 ft, and broken 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 CYAM 251300Z VRB02KT 15SM FEW057 BKN280 15/15 A3010 RMK SC1CI7 SC TR SLP199

CYAM · day 25 at 13:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,700 ft · broken layer at 28,000 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · sea-level pressure 1019.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 6,000'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 6,000'

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 6,000'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 6,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,630 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 +1°C

600FT

-30 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV630 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT447 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYKP (Ogoki Post Airport, Ogoki Post, elev 594 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN280

Broken · base 28,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW057

Few · base 5,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING28,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER28,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,206 ft VFR MARGIN+25,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

10:50ZSUNRISE

17:41ZSOLAR NOON

00:32ZSUNSET

01:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:04Z (10h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 42m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE20:48Z MOONSET10:30Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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