// Station · 9m ago

CYZF

Yellowknife International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 12°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 675 FT

62.4628°N / 114.4400°W

LOCATION · Yellowknife, CA

WIND

340°3 kt

CYZF · 675 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW023 SCT240

T / Td

12 / 9

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 340°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,300 ft, and scattered 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 CYZF 251400Z 34003KT 290V360 15SM FEW023 SCT240 12/09 A3010 RMK SC1CI6 SC TR SLP204

CYZF · day 25 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 340° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,300 ft · scattered layer at 24,000 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · sea-level pressure 1020.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

340°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 7,500'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 7,500'

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 5,000'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 5,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,675 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 -2°C

200FT

-475 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV675 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT492 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT240

Scattered · base 24,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW023

Few · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER24,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL6,736 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:08ZSUNRISE

19:41ZSOLAR NOON

03:14ZSUNSET

04:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:06Z (13h 56m) DAY LENGTH15h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE22:06Z MOONSET13:12Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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