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CYCD

Nanaimo Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 160° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING BKN at 21,000 ft
T/Td 14°C / 4°C
ALTIM 30.02 inHg
ELEV 92 FT
49.0550°N / 123.8699°W
LOCATION · Nanaimo, CA
N
WIND
160°4 kt
CYCD · 92 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
160°/4
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
BKN210
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW170 BKN210
 
 
 
T / Td
14 / 4
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.02"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 21,000 ft. Light winds at 160°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 17,000 ft, and broken at 21,000 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 CYCD 130000Z 16004KT 30SM FEW170 BKN210 14/04 A3002 RMK AC2CI5 SLP169

CYCD · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 160° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 17,000 ft · broken layer at 21,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · sea-level pressure 1016.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
160°4 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 6,602'
34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 6,602'
Pattern altitude: 1,092 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

-100FT
-192 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV92 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT-11 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CZBB (Boundary Bay Airport, Delta, elev 6 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 7,163 FT FEW170 BKN210 · CEILING CYCD ELEV · 92 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
BKN210
Broken · base 21,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
FEW170
Few · base 17,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING21,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER21,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL7,163 ft VFR MARGIN+18,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

14:32ZSUNRISE
20:03ZSOLAR NOON
01:33ZSUNSET
02:05ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:05Z (1h 00m) DAY LENGTH11h 00m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:53Z MOONSET02:54Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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