VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Moderate winds at 010°/8 kt, gusting 15, visibility 9.0 SM, scattered at 4,900 ft, broken at 5,500 ft, broken at 7,400 ft, and overcast at 10,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)
METAR CYBC 111600Z AUTO 01008G15KT 310V040 9SM SCT049 BKN055 BKN074 OVC100 22/11 A2995 RMK SLP144 DENSITY ALT 900FT
CYBC · day 11 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 010° at 8 kt, gusts to 15 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · scattered layer at 4,900 ft · broken layer at 5,500 ft · broken layer at 7,400 ft · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · sea-level pressure 1014.4 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 010° @ 8 ktG15
2 USABLE · 0 AVOID · 2 CAUTION
WIND
010°8G15 kt
HEADWINDCAUTION · HIGH XWAVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS2 usable
10★HDG 100°H0 ktX8 ktLEFTPRIMARY · 6,000'
28HDG 280°H0 ktX8 ktRIGHT⚠ HIGH XW · 53%
Pattern altitude: 1,071 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 +7°C
900FT
+829 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS↘ -300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV71 FTOAT+22°CISA DELTA+7°CPRESSURE ALT39 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at CYSG
(Saint-Georges Airport, Saint-Georges, elev 893 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impactMINOR
TAKEOFF ROLLCLIMB 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.
// Cloud layers · 4 reported · highest to lowest
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC100
Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
BKN074
Broken · base 7,400 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
BKN055
Broken · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
SCT049
Scattered · base 4,900 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
// Computed
CEILING5,500 ft AGLHIGHEST LAYER10,000 ftTOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast)FREEZING LEVEL11,182 ftVFR MARGIN+2,500 ft
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
08:41ZSUNRISE
16:39ZSOLAR NOON
00:37ZSUNSET
01:19ZCIVIL END
CURRENT16:26ZDAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 11mVFR NIGHT BEGINS01:19Z (8h 52m)DAY LENGTH15h 56m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%MOONRISE06:09ZMOONSET22:06ZFULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations
No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of CYBC.
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay