// Station · 12h 53m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

CYKD

Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 11°C / 1°C

ALTIM 29.59 inHg

ELEV 23 FT

68.2233°N / 135.0060°W

LOCATION · Aklavik, CA

WIND

020°5 kt

CYKD · 23 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

SCT025 BKN100

T / Td

11 / 1

ALTIM

29.59"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Light winds at 020°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 2,500 ft, and broken at 10,000 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 CYKD 262300Z 02005KT 15SM SCT025 BKN100 11/01 A2959 RMK SC3AS3 LAST STFD OBS/NXT 271300Z SLP023

CYKD · day 26 at 23:00 UTC · wind from 020° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 29.59" Hg · sea-level pressure 1002.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

020°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

31★ HDG 310° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,002'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

13 HDG 130° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,023 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 -3°C

-0FT

-23 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +1,400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV23 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT351 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYPC (Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport, Paulatuk, elev 15 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL5,579 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-9)

// 24h DAYLIGHT — sun does not set at this latitude on this date

—SUNRISE

20:58ZSOLAR NOON

—SUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT11:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH24h

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE— MOONSET— FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 60 NM radius

CYEV

IFR

Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport · Inuvik

WIND: 350° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN005
DIST: 34 NM E
AGE: 12m ago

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