// Station · 15m ago

CYQU

Grande Prairie Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 11°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

ELEV 2,195 FT

55.1797°N / 118.8850°W

LOCATION · Grande Prairie, CA

WIND

VRB2 kt

CYQU · 2,195 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW240

T / Td

20 / 11

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/2 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few 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 251800Z VRB02KT 25SM FEW240 20/11 A3013 RMK CI1 SLP209 DENSITY ALT 3100FT

CYQU · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 24,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · sea-level pressure 1020.9 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

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 8,502'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 8,502'

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 6,200'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 6,200'

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 +9°C

3,100FT

+905 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,195 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT1,983 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYQL (Lethbridge County Airport, Lethbridge, elev 3,048 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+31%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

FEW240

Few · base 24,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER24,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,296 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:49ZSUNRISE

19:59ZSOLAR NOON

03:08ZSUNSET

03:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:48Z (9h 32m) DAY LENGTH14h 18m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:56Z MOONSET13:14Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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