// Station · 19m ago

CYKY

Kindersley Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 19°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.22 inHg

ELEV 2,277 FT

51.5175°N / 109.1810°W

LOCATION · Kindersley, CA

WIND

320°5 kt

CYKY · 2,277 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW120 FEW240

T / Td

19 / 9

ALTIM

30.22"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 320°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and 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 CYKY 251600Z 32005KT 270V360 15SM FEW120 FEW240 19/09 A3022 RMK AC1CI1 AC TR SLP239 DENSITY ALT 3000FT

CYKY · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 320° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · a few clouds at 24,000 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.22" Hg · sea-level pressure 1023.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

320°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

35★ HDG 350° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,281'

26 HDG 260° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 3,507'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

08 HDG 080° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

17 HDG 170° T4 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 3,277 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 +8°C

2,900FT

+623 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,277 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT1,973 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYYN (Swift Current Airport, Swift Current, elev 2,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+29%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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 · 2 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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER24,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,873 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:19ZSUNRISE

19:20ZSOLAR NOON

02:21ZSUNSET

02:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:56Z (10h 37m) DAY LENGTH14h 01m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:22Z MOONSET12:23Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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