// Station · 9m ago

KSJX

Beaver Island Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 090° / 15 kt G23

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 500 ft

T/Td 12°C / 11°C

ALTIM 29.75 inHg

ELEV 669 FT

45.6923°N / 85.5666°W

LOCATION · Beaver Island, US

WIND

090°15 kt

KSJX · 669 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/15G23

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC005

LAYERS

OVC005

T / Td

12 / 11

ALTIM

29.75"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 500 ft. Brisk winds at 090°/15 kt, gusting 23, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 500 ft. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KSJX 130155Z AUTO 09015G23KT 10SM OVC005 12/11 A2975 RMK AO2

KSJX · day 13 at 01:55 UTC · wind from 090° at 15 kt, gusts to 23 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 500 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.75" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 15 ktG23

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

090°15G23 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

09★ HDG 090° H15 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,299'

05 HDG 050° H11 kt X10 kt RIGHT 2,054'

14 HDG 140° H10 kt X11 kt LEFT 3,278'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

32 HDG 320° T10 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

23 HDG 230° T11 kt X10 kt LEFT —

27 HDG 270° T15 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,669 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 -1°C

700FT

+31 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV669 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT838 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCFS (Tuscola Area Airport, Caro, elev 701 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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)

OVC005

Overcast · base 500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,730 ft VFR MARGIN-2,500 ft

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

11:55ZSUNRISE

17:29ZSOLAR NOON

23:04ZSUNSET

23:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:33Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 08m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:18Z MOONSET00:27Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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