// Station · 15m ago

CYHZ

Halifax / Stanfield International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 477 FT

44.8808°N / 63.5086°W

LOCATION · Halifax, CA

WIND

210°10 kt

CYHZ · 477 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW052 FEW120 FEW240

T / Td

27 / 14

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/10 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 5,200 ft, a few at 12,000 ft, 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 CYHZ 251800Z 21010KT 200V270 15SM FEW052 FEW120 FEW240 27/14 A2990 RMK CU1AC1CI1 AC TR CI TR TCU ASOCTD SLP127 DENSITY ALT 2000FT

CYHZ · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,200 ft · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · a few clouds at 24,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · sea-level pressure 1012.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

210°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,500'

14 HDG 140° H3 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

32 HDG 320° T3 kt X9 kt LEFT —

05 HDG 050° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,477 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 +13°C

2,100FT

+1,623 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV477 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT495 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYWK (Wabush Airport, Wabush, elev 1,808 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW240

Few · base 24,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW052

Few · base 5,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER24,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~31% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,113 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-4)

09:29ZSUNRISE

16:17ZSOLAR NOON

23:06ZSUNSET

23:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:36Z (5h 21m) DAY LENGTH13h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE19:35Z MOONSET09:12Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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