// Station · 17m ago

CYCD

Nanaimo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 18°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 92 FT

49.0550°N / 123.8699°W

LOCATION · Nanaimo, CA

WIND

000°0 kt

CYCD · 92 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT240

T / Td

18 / 15

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 24,000 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 151600Z 00000KT 10SM SCT240 18/15 A3010 RMK CI3 FU SLP194 DENSITY ALT 300FT

CYCD · day 15 at 16:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 24,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · sea-level pressure 1019.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

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 +3°C

200FT

+108 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV92 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT-91 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYXX (Abbotsford International Airport, Abbotsford, elev 195 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

SCT240

Scattered · base 24,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER24,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL9,183 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:09ZSUNRISE

20:21ZSOLAR NOON

03:33ZSUNSET

04:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 16m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:08Z (11h 51m) DAY LENGTH14h 24m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION6% MOONRISE15:03Z MOONSET05:28Z FULL MOON IN12 days

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