// Station · 1h 4m ago · STALE

CYCA

Cartwright Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 11 kt G20

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td -1°C / -4°C

ALTIM 29.74 inHg

WX -SN

ELEV 40 FT

53.6825°N / 57.0423°W

LOCATION · Cartwright, CA

WIND

300°11 kt

CYCA · 40 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/11G20

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

BKN060

T / Td

-1 / -4

ALTIM

29.74"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Moderate winds at 300°/11 kt, gusting 20, visibility 9.0 SM, broken at 6,000 ft. Reported weather: light snow (-SN). 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 CYCA 130100Z AUTO 30011G20KT 9SM -SN BKN060 M01/M04 A2974 RMK SLP073

CYCA · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 300° at 11 kt, gusts to 20 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · broken layer at 6,000 ft · temp -1°C / dewpoint -4°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg · weather: light snow (-SN) · sea-level pressure 1007.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 11 ktG20

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

300°11G20 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

26★ HDG 260° H8 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T8 kt X7 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,040 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 -16°C

-1,700FT

-1,740 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV40 FT OAT-1°C ISA DELTA-16°C PRESSURE ALT217 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -1,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,740 ft above CYCA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL40 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-4)

10:10ZSUNRISE

15:35ZSOLAR NOON

21:00ZSUNSET

21:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS21:36Z (past) DAY LENGTH10h 50m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE11:33Z MOONSET22:23Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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