// Station · 27m ago

CZSJ

Sandy Lake Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 4 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 5,500 ft

T/Td 16°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 951 FT

53.0642°N / 93.3444°W

LOCATION · Sandy Lake, CA

WIND

210°4 kt

CZSJ · 951 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/4

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

OVC055

LAYERS

SCT048 OVC055

T / Td

16 / 14

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Light winds at 210°/4 kt, visibility 9.0 SM, scattered at 4,800 ft, and overcast at 5,500 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 CZSJ 151500Z AUTO 21004KT 180V260 9SM SCT048 OVC055 16/14 A3006 RMK SLP188 DENSITY ALT 1200FT

CZSJ · day 15 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 4 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · scattered layer at 4,800 ft · overcast at 5,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · sea-level pressure 1018.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

210°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 3,500'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 3,500'

Pattern altitude: 1,951 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

1,100FT

+149 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV951 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT809 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at CYHN (Hornepayne Municipal Airport, Hornepayne, elev 1,099 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

OVC055

Overcast · base 5,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT048

Scattered · base 4,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,032 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

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

10:55ZSUNRISE

18:19ZSOLAR NOON

01:42ZSUNSET

02:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:22Z (10h 54m) DAY LENGTH14h 47m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION6% MOONRISE12:48Z MOONSET03:36Z FULL MOON IN12 days

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