// Station · 1h 7m ago · STALE

CYSM

Fort Smith Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 10,000 ft

T/Td 6°C / 0°C

ALTIM 29.53 inHg

ELEV 671 FT

60.0203°N / 111.9620°W

LOCATION · Fort Smith, CA

WIND

200°11 kt

CYSM · 671 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC100

LAYERS

OVC100

T / Td

6 / 0

ALTIM

29.53"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Moderate winds at 200°/11 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 10,000 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 CYSM 130000Z 20011KT 15SM OVC100 06/M00 A2953 RMK AC8 SLP012

CYSM · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 200° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 0°C · altimeter 29.53" Hg · sea-level pressure 1001.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 11 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

21★ HDG 210° H11 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 1,800'

12 HDG 120° H2 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T2 kt X11 kt LEFT —

03 HDG 030° T11 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,671 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 -7°C

200FT

-471 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV671 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-7°C PRESSURE ALT1,058 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYEV (Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport, Inuvik, elev 224 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-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)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL3,701 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

14:00ZSUNRISE

19:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:29ZSUNSET

01:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:11Z (4m) DAY LENGTH10h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:22Z MOONSET01:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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