// Station · 18m ago

CYCG

Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 19°C / 11°C

ALTIM 30.14 inHg

ELEV 1,624 FT

49.2964°N / 117.6320°W

LOCATION · Castlegar, CA

WIND

360°9 kt

CYCG · 1,624 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW240

T / Td

19 / 11

ALTIM

30.14"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 360°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few 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 CYCG 251600Z 36009KT 15SM FEW240 19/11 A3014 RMK CI1 SLP207 DENSITY ALT 2200FT

CYCG · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 360° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 24,000 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.14" Hg · sea-level pressure 1020.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

360°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

33★ HDG 330° H8 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,300'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

15 HDG 150° T8 kt X5 kt LEFT —

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 +7°C

2,200FT

+576 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,624 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT1,403 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYCP (Blue River Airport, Blue River, elev 2,240 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

FEW240

Few · base 24,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER24,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,220 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:58ZSUNRISE

19:54ZSOLAR NOON

02:50ZSUNSET

03:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:24Z (11h 05m) DAY LENGTH13h 52m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:00Z MOONSET12:52Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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