// Station · 9m ago

CYQU

Grande Prairie Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 24,000 ft

T/Td 4°C / 2°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 2,195 FT

55.1797°N / 118.8850°W

LOCATION · Grande Prairie, CA

WIND

190°7 kt

CYQU · 2,195 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN240

LAYERS

FEW060 SCT110 BKN240

T / Td

4 / 2

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 24,000 ft. Light winds at 190°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 6,000 ft, scattered at 11,000 ft, and broken at 24,000 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 CYQU 130100Z 19007KT 25SM FEW060 SCT110 BKN240 04/02 A2977 RMK SC2AC2CI1 SLP117

CYQU · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 190° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · scattered layer at 11,000 ft · broken layer at 24,000 ft · temp 4°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg · sea-level pressure 1011.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

190°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

25★ HDG 250° H4 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,200'

12 HDG 120° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T2 kt X7 kt LEFT —

07 HDG 070° T3 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 3,195 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 -6°C

1,600FT

-595 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,195 FT OAT+4°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT2,343 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYOP (Rainbow Lake Airport, Rainbow Lake, elev 1,759 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN240

Broken · base 24,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT110

Scattered · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING24,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER24,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,215 ft VFR MARGIN+21,000 ft

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

14:20ZSUNRISE

19:43ZSOLAR NOON

01:05ZSUNSET

01:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:42Z (33m) DAY LENGTH10h 45m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:41Z MOONSET02:26Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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