// Station · 57m ago

CYFS

Fort Simpson Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 10 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 9,300 ft

T/Td 15°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

WX FU

ELEV 555 FT

61.7602°N / 121.2370°W

LOCATION · Fort Simpson, CA

WIND

330°10 kt

CYFS · 555 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/10

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

BKN093

LAYERS

BKN093

T / Td

15 / 13

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,300 ft. Moderate winds at 330°/10 kt, visibility 6.0 SM, broken at 9,300 ft. Reported weather: smoke (FU). Smoke aloft is most often wildfire smoke drifting into the area — fine particulates that scatter light and cut visibility even though the air itself stays dry, so it behaves differently from moisture-based mist or fog. 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 CYFS 101000Z 33010KT 6SM FU BKN093 15/13 A3006 RMK FU6AC1 AC TR SLP186

CYFS · day 10 at 10:00 UTC · wind from 330° at 10 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · broken layer at 9,300 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · weather: smoke (FU) · sea-level pressure 1018.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

330°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

32★ HDG 320° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

14 HDG 140° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,555 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

500FT

-55 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV555 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT413 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYWY (Wrigley Airport, Wrigley, elev 489 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+5%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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)

BKN093

Broken · base 9,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,131 ft VFR MARGIN+6,300 ft

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

11:58ZSUNRISE

20:11ZSOLAR NOON

04:24ZSUNSET

05:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT10:57Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:24Z (18h 27m) DAY LENGTH16h 26m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION9% MOONRISE09:38Z MOONSET02:04Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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