// Station · 18m ago

CYLJ

Meadow Lake Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 1,576 FT

54.1253°N / 108.5230°W

LOCATION · Meadow Lake, CA

WIND

260°3 kt

CYLJ · 1,576 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW180 FEW230

T / Td

16 / 13

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 260°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 18,000 ft, and a few at 23,000 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 CYLJ 251600Z 26003KT 230V310 15SM FEW180 FEW230 16/13 A3018 RMK AC1CI1 SLP229 DENSITY ALT 1800FT

CYLJ · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 260° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 18,000 ft · a few clouds at 23,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg · sea-level pressure 1022.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

260°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 5,000'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 5,000'

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 2,290'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 2,290'

Pattern altitude: 2,576 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

1,700FT

+124 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,576 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT1,313 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYKJ (Key Lake Airport, Key Lake, elev 1,679 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

FEW230

Few · base 23,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW180

Few · base 18,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER23,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,657 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:11ZSUNRISE

19:17ZSOLAR NOON

02:24ZSUNSET

03:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:02Z (10h 44m) DAY LENGTH14h 13m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:13Z MOONSET12:26Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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