// Station · 37m ago

CYCG

Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 9°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 1,624 FT

49.2964°N / 117.6320°W

LOCATION · Castlegar, CA

WIND

000°0 kt

CYCG · 1,624 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT230

T / Td

23 / 9

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 23,000 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 CYCG 180400Z 00000KT 10SM SCT230 23/09 A2996 RMK FU2CI2 LAST STFD OBS/NXT 181300Z SLP141 DENSITY ALT 2900FT

CYCG · day 18 at 04:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 23,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · sea-level pressure 1014.1 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

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 5,300'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 5,300'

Pattern altitude: 2,624 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 +11°C

2,900FT

+1,276 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,624 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,583 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYXC (Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport, Cranbrook, elev 3,082 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+29%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

SCT230

Scattered · base 23,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER23,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,240 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:46ZSUNRISE

19:56ZSOLAR NOON

03:05ZSUNSET

03:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:37Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:40Z (past) DAY LENGTH14h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION25% MOONRISE16:43Z MOONSET07:03Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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