// Station · 30m ago

CYQT

Thunder Bay International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 11°C / 11°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 653 FT

48.3719°N / 89.3239°W

LOCATION · Thunder Bay, CA

WIND

250°4 kt

CYQT · 653 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW230

T / Td

11 / 11

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 250°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles 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 CYQT 170800Z 25004KT 15SM FEW230 11/11 A2997 RMK CI2 SLP154

CYQT · day 17 at 08:00 UTC · wind from 250° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 23,000 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · sea-level pressure 1015.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

250°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 7,318'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 7,318'

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 5,297'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 5,297'

Pattern altitude: 1,653 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

300FT

-353 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV653 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT600 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYGK (Kingston Norman Rogers Airport, Kingston, elev 305 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

FEW230

Few · base 23,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER23,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,209 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:55ZSUNRISE

18:02ZSOLAR NOON

01:10ZSUNSET

01:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT08:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:44Z (17h 14m) DAY LENGTH14h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION17% MOONRISE14:11Z MOONSET04:26Z FULL MOON IN11 days

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