// Station · 16m ago

CYCD

Nanaimo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 11°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 92 FT

49.0550°N / 123.8699°W

LOCATION · Nanaimo, CA

WIND

280°4 kt

CYCD · 92 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW250

T / Td

21 / 11

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 280°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 25,000 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 251600Z 28004KT 20SM FEW250 21/11 A2997 RMK CI2 HZ CONTRAILS SLP150 DENSITY ALT 700FT

CYCD · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · sea-level pressure 1015.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

280°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 +6°C

800FT

+708 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV92 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT39 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYXT (Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat, Terrace, elev 713 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,698 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:23ZSUNRISE

20:19ZSOLAR NOON

03:14ZSUNSET

03:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:48Z (11h 32m) DAY LENGTH13h 51m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:25Z MOONSET13:17Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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