// Station · 20m ago

KCAD

Wexford County Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 330° / 1 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 6,000 ft

T/Td 19°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 1,307 FT

44.2758°N / 85.4215°W

LOCATION · Cadillac, US

WIND

330°1 kt

KCAD · 1,307 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/1

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

OVC060

LAYERS

OVC060

T / Td

19 / 14

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 330°/1 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, overcast at 6,000 ft. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KCAD 290055Z AUTO 33001KT 5SM HZ OVC060 19/14 A3013 RMK AO2

KCAD · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 330° at 1 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · overcast at 6,000 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

330°1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 5,001'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 5,001'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 1,986'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 1,986'

Pattern altitude: 2,307 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 +6°C

1,800FT

+493 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,307 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT1,095 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLR (Gaylord Regional Airport, Gaylord, elev 1,328 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC060

Overcast · base 6,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,903 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

11:01ZSUNRISE

17:44ZSOLAR NOON

00:27ZSUNSET

00:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:57Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 26m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:48Z MOONSET13:14Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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