// Station · 11m ago

KCAD

Wexford County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.73 inHg

ELEV 1,307 FT

44.2758°N / 85.4215°W

LOCATION · Cadillac, US

WIND

200°5 kt

KCAD · 1,307 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW090 FEW120

T / Td

21 / 18

ALTIM

29.73"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 200°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 9,000 ft, and a few at 12,000 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 KCAD 130215Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM FEW090 FEW120 21/18 A2973 RMK AO2

KCAD · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 200° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 9,000 ft · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.73" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

200°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

18★ HDG 180° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 1,986'

25 HDG 250° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 5,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

07 HDG 070° T3 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

36 HDG 360° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +9°C

2,600FT

+1,293 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,307 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT1,493 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJFZ (Tazewell County Airport, Cedar Bluff, elev 2,653 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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)

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW090

Few · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,913 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:53ZSUNRISE

17:29ZSOLAR NOON

23:04ZSUNSET

23:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:33Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 11m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:17Z MOONSET00:28Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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