// Station · 26m ago

CYKJ

Key Lake Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 320° / 10 kt G19

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 2,800 ft

T/Td 15°C / 8°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 1,679 FT

57.2561°N / 105.6180°W

LOCATION · Key Lake, CA

WIND

320°10 kt

CYKJ · 1,679 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/10G19

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

OVC028

LAYERS

OVC028

T / Td

15 / 8

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,800 ft. Moderate winds at 320°/10 kt, gusting 19, visibility 9.0 SM, overcast at 2,800 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR CYKJ 252000Z AUTO 32010G19KT 270V340 9SM OVC028 15/08 A3010 RMK SLP207 DENSITY ALT 2000FT

CYKJ · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 320° at 10 kt, gusts to 19 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · overcast at 2,800 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · sea-level pressure 1020.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 10 ktG19

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

320°10G19 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

03★ HDG 030° H3 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,200'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

21 HDG 210° T3 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,679 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

1,900FT

+221 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,679 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT1,496 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYEN (Estevan Airport, Estevan, elev 1,905 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC028

Overcast · base 2,800 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,255 ft VFR MARGIN-200 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

11:51ZSUNRISE

19:06ZSOLAR NOON

02:21ZSUNSET

03:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:03Z (6h 37m) DAY LENGTH14h 30m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:01Z MOONSET12:31Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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