// Station · 9m ago
CYPW
Powell River Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 11°C / 11°C
ALTIM 29.91 inHg
ELEV 425 FT
49.8342°N / 124.5000°W
LOCATION · Powell River, CA
WIND
000°0 kt
CYPW · 425 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 13Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
—
LAYERS
SCT039 SCT170
T / Td
11 / 11
ALTIM
29.91"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 3,900 ft, and scattered at 17,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR CYPW 111300Z 00000KT 30SM SCT039 SCT170 11/11 A2991 RMK SC4AC1 AC TR SLP130
CYPW · day 11 at 13:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,900 ft · scattered layer at 17,000 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · sea-level pressure 1013.0 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
09
HDG 090°
—CALM
——
3,627'
27
HDG 270°
—CALM
——
3,627'
Pattern altitude: 1,425 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
100FT
-325 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -400 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV425 FT
OAT+11°C
ISA DELTA-3°C
PRESSURE ALT431 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at CYCD
(Nanaimo Airport, Nanaimo, elev 92 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+1%
-1%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+1%
-0%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+0%
-0%
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.
// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)
12:23ZSUNRISE
20:24ZSOLAR NOON
04:25ZSUNSET
05:08ZCIVIL END
CURRENT13:09Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 15m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:08Z (15h 58m)
DAY LENGTH16h 02m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE09:45Z
MOONSET01:47Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 3 shown · 60 NM radius
CYQQ
VFR
→
MVFR
08Z
Comox Valley International Airport / CFB Comox · Comox
- WIND
- 310° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN044
- DIST
- 17 NM SW
- AGE
- 9m ago
CYBL
VFR
Campbell River Airport · Campbell River
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN045
- DIST
- 31 NM W
- AGE
- 9m ago
CYCD
VFR
Nanaimo Airport · Nanaimo
- WIND
- 250° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW050
- DIST
- 53 NM SE
- AGE
- 9m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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