// Station · 1h 8m ago · STALE

CYZU

Whitecourt Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 23,000 ft

T/Td 5°C / 1°C

ALTIM 29.78 inHg

ELEV 2,567 FT

54.1439°N / 115.7870°W

LOCATION · Whitecourt, CA

WIND

200°4 kt

CYZU · 2,567 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN230

LAYERS

FEW190 BKN230

T / Td

5 / 1

ALTIM

29.78"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 23,000 ft. Light winds at 200°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 19,000 ft, and broken at 23,000 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 130000Z 20004KT 15SM FEW190 BKN230 05/01 A2978 RMK AC2CI3 SLP115

CYZU · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 200° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 19,000 ft · broken layer at 23,000 ft · temp 5°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 29.78" Hg · sea-level pressure 1011.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

200°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 5,800'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 5,800'

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 -5°C

2,100FT

-467 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,567 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT2,706 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYLL (Lloydminster Airport, Lloydminster, elev 2,193 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

BKN230

Broken · base 23,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW190

Few · base 19,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING23,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER23,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL5,092 ft VFR MARGIN+20,000 ft

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

14:06ZSUNRISE

19:30ZSOLAR NOON

00:54ZSUNSET

01:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:30Z (21m) DAY LENGTH10h 48m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:27Z MOONSET02:15Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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