// Station · 19m ago

CYKJ

Key Lake Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 7,600 ft

T/Td 8°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 1,679 FT

57.2561°N / 105.6180°W

LOCATION · Key Lake, CA

WIND

000°0 kt

CYKJ · 1,679 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

BKN076

LAYERS

BKN076

T / Td

8 / 7

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,600 ft. Winds calm, visibility 9.0 SM, broken at 7,600 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 CYKJ 101100Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM BKN076 08/07 A2996 RMK SLP164

CYKJ · day 10 at 11:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 9.0 SM · broken layer at 7,600 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · sea-level pressure 1016.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 5,200'

21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 5,200'

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 -4°C

1,200FT

-479 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,679 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT1,638 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYBU (Nipawin Airport, Nipawin, elev 1,220 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

BKN076

Broken · base 7,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL5,719 ft VFR MARGIN+4,600 ft

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

11:19ZSUNRISE

19:09ZSOLAR NOON

02:58ZSUNSET

03:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:46Z (16h 26m) DAY LENGTH15h 39m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION9% MOONRISE09:00Z MOONSET00:39Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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