// Station · 10m ago

CYZU

Whitecourt Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 24,000 ft

T/Td 23°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.86 inHg

ELEV 2,567 FT

54.1439°N / 115.7870°W

LOCATION · Whitecourt, CA

WIND

330°10 kt

CYZU · 2,567 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN240

LAYERS

FEW050 BKN240

T / Td

23 / 12

ALTIM

29.86"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 24,000 ft. Moderate winds at 330°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 5,000 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 CYZU 182300Z 33010KT 15SM FEW050 BKN240 23/12 A2986 RMK SC1CI5 SC TR SLP117 DENSITY ALT 4200FT

CYZU · day 18 at 23:00 UTC · wind from 330° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 24,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.86" Hg · sea-level pressure 1011.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

330°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H8 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,800'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T8 kt X6 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,567 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 +13°C

4,200FT

+1,633 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,567 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT2,623 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYBW (Calgary / Springbank Airport, Calgary, elev 3,940 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+42%

-29%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+29%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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)

BKN240

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

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING24,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER24,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,183 ft VFR MARGIN+21,000 ft

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

12:27ZSUNRISE

19:48ZSOLAR NOON

03:09ZSUNSET

03:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:49Z (4h 39m) DAY LENGTH14h 41m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION32% MOONRISE17:02Z MOONSET07:44Z FULL MOON IN9 days

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