// Station · 15m ago

CYQL

Lethbridge County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 18°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.26 inHg

ELEV 3,048 FT

49.6303°N / 112.8000°W

LOCATION · Lethbridge, CA

WIND

VRB2 kt

CYQL · 3,048 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW250

T / Td

18 / 10

ALTIM

30.26"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/2 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 25,000 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 CYQL 251600Z VRB02KT 60SM FEW250 18/10 A3026 RMK CI1 SLP248 DENSITY ALT 3700FT

CYQL · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.26" Hg · sea-level pressure 1024.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 6,500'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 6,500'

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 5,500'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 5,500'

Pattern altitude: 4,048 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

3,700FT

+652 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,048 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT2,706 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYYC (Calgary International Airport, Calgary, elev 3,557 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+37%

-26%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+26%

-17%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+15%

-11%

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)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,139 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

12:38ZSUNRISE

19:34ZSOLAR NOON

02:31ZSUNSET

03:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:05Z (10h 50m) DAY LENGTH13h 53m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:40Z MOONSET12:33Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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