// Station · 35m ago

CYAM

Sault Ste Marie Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 16°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 630 FT

46.4832°N / 84.5085°W

LOCATION · Sault Ste Marie, CA

WIND

300°9 kt

CYAM · 630 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

FEW012 FEW035 BKN070

T / Td

16 / 15

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Moderate winds at 300°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 1,200 ft, a few at 3,500 ft, and broken at 7,000 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 170800Z 30009KT 15SM FEW012 FEW035 BKN070 16/15 A2994 RMK SC1SC1AC3 SLP142 DENSITY ALT 1000FT

CYAM · day 17 at 08:00 UTC · wind from 300° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,200 ft · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · sea-level pressure 1014.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

300°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30★ HDG 300° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,000'

22 HDG 220° H2 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

04 HDG 040° T2 kt X9 kt LEFT —

12 HDG 120° T9 kt X0 kt — —

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 +2°C

900FT

+270 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV630 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT607 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYFH (Fort Hope Airport, Fort Hope, elev 899 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

BKN070

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

FEW035

Few · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW012

Few · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,711 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

10:40ZSUNRISE

17:43ZSOLAR NOON

00:46ZSUNSET

01:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT08:35Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:19Z (16h 44m) DAY LENGTH14h 06m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION17% MOONRISE13:57Z MOONSET04:03Z FULL MOON IN11 days

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