// Station · 15m ago

CZPC

Pincher Creek Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 20,000 ft

T/Td 10°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 3,903 FT

49.5204°N / 113.9970°W

LOCATION · Pincher Creek, CA

WIND

270°5 kt

CZPC · 3,903 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

BKN200

LAYERS

BKN200 OVC220

T / Td

10 / 10

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 20,000 ft. Light winds at 270°/5 kt, visibility 9.0 SM, broken at 20,000 ft, and overcast at 22,000 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 CZPC 101000Z AUTO 27005KT 9SM BKN200 OVC220 10/10 A3000 RMK SLP146 DENSITY ALT 4200FT

CZPC · day 10 at 10:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · broken layer at 20,000 ft · overcast at 22,000 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · sea-level pressure 1014.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

26★ HDG 260° H5 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,600'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T5 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,903 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 +3°C

4,100FT

+197 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,903 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT3,821 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 MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+41%

-29%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+29%

-18%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+16%

-12%

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)

OVC220

Overcast · base 22,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN200

Broken · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING20,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER22,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,954 ft VFR MARGIN+17,000 ft

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

12:21ZSUNRISE

19:42ZSOLAR NOON

03:04ZSUNSET

03:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT10:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 48m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:40Z (17h 25m) DAY LENGTH14h 43m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION9% MOONRISE09:59Z MOONSET00:43Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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