// Station · 19m ago
KSJX
Beaver Island Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 070° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 13°C / 7°C
ALTIM 30.02 inHg
ELEV 669 FT
45.6923°N / 85.5666°W
LOCATION · Beaver Island, US
WIND
070°5 kt
KSJX · 669 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 11Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
070°/5
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
13 / 7
ALTIM
30.02"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 070°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KSJX 271135Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 13/07 A3002 RMK AO2
KSJX · day 27 at 11:35 UTC · wind from 070° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 13°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 070° @ 5 kt
3 USABLE · 3 AVOID
WIND
070°5 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
3 usable
05★
HDG 050°
H5 kt
X2 kt RIGHT
PRIMARY · 2,054'
09
HDG 090°
H5 kt
X2 kt LEFT
4,299'
14
HDG 140°
H2 kt
X5 kt LEFT
3,278'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
3 ends
32
HDG 320°
T2 kt
X5 kt RIGHT
—
23
HDG 230°
T5 kt
X2 kt LEFT
—
27
HDG 270°
T5 kt
X2 kt RIGHT
—
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
500FT
-169 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -400 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV669 FT
OAT+13°C
ISA DELTA-1°C
PRESSURE ALT566 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KMTC
(Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport, Mount Clemens, elev 580 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+5%
-4%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+4%
-2%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+2%
-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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:01ZSUNRISE
17:40ZSOLAR NOON
01:20ZSUNSET
01:57ZCIVIL END
CURRENT11:54Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 26m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:57Z (14h 02m)
DAY LENGTH15h 19m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE18:45Z
MOONSET10:05Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
KCVX
VFR
Charlevoix Municipal Airport · Charlevoix
- WIND
- 100° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW120
- DIST
- 26 NM SE
- AGE
- 19m ago
KPLN
VFR
Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport · Pellston
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 33 NM E
- AGE
- 1h 0m ago
KCIU
VFR
Chippewa County International Airport · Kincheloe
- WIND
- 020° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 57 NM NE
- AGE
- 58m ago
KTVC
VFR
Cherry Capital Airport · Traverse City
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN250
- DIST
- 57 NM S
- AGE
- 1h 1m ago
KESC
VFR
Delta County Airport · Escanaba
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 64 NM W
- AGE
- 58m ago
// Area map · 80 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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