// Station · 16m ago

CYPL

Pickle Lake Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 5 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 14,000 ft

T/Td 17°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

ELEV 1,267 FT

51.4464°N / 90.2142°W

LOCATION · Pickle Lake, CA

WIND

130°5 kt

CYPL · 1,267 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/5

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

OVC140

LAYERS

SCT100 OVC140

T / Td

17 / 14

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 14,000 ft. Light winds at 130°/5 kt, visibility 9.0 SM, scattered at 10,000 ft, and overcast at 14,000 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 CYPL 251600Z AUTO 13005KT 9SM SCT100 OVC140 17/14 A2987 RMK SLP123 DENSITY ALT 1900FT

CYPL · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 5 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · scattered layer at 10,000 ft · overcast at 14,000 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · sea-level pressure 1012.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,921'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,267 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 +5°C

1,900FT

+633 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,267 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT1,314 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYLD (Chapleau Airport, Chapleau, elev 1,470 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC140

Overcast · base 14,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT100

Scattered · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING14,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER14,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,853 ft VFR MARGIN+11,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:03ZSUNRISE

18:04ZSOLAR NOON

01:05ZSUNSET

01:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 48m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:40Z (9h 24m) DAY LENGTH14h 01m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:06Z MOONSET11:07Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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