// Station · 12m ago

CYTL

Big Trout Lake Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 350° / 5 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 300 ft

T/Td 6°C / 5°C

ALTIM 30.32 inHg

ELEV 729 FT

53.8178°N / 89.8969°W

LOCATION · Big Trout Lake, CA

WIND

350°5 kt

CYTL · 729 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/5

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

OVC003

LAYERS

OVC003

T / Td

6 / 5

ALTIM

30.32"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 300 ft. Light winds at 350°/5 kt, visibility 9.0 SM, overcast at 300 ft. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR CYTL 271400Z AUTO 35005KT 310V020 9SM OVC003 06/05 A3032 RMK SLP282

CYTL · day 27 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 350° at 5 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · overcast at 300 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 30.32" Hg · sea-level pressure 1028.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

350°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

32★ HDG 320° H4 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,900'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

14 HDG 140° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,729 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

-700FT

-1,429 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -600 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV729 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-8°C PRESSURE ALT328 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,429 ft above CYTL's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC003

Overcast · base 300 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL3,759 ft VFR MARGIN-2,700 ft

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

09:42ZSUNRISE

17:58ZSOLAR NOON

02:14ZSUNSET

03:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:03Z (12h 51m) DAY LENGTH16h 32m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION84% MOONRISE18:31Z MOONSET11:03Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of CYTL.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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