// Station · 24m ago

KTVC

Cherry Capital Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 23.3°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 624 FT

44.7414°N / 85.5822°W

LOCATION · Traverse City, US

WIND

VRB5 kt

KTVC · 624 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

FEW200 BKN250

T / Td

23 / 13

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Light winds at variable/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 20,000 ft, and broken at 25,000 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 KTVC 251553Z VRB05KT 10SM FEW200 BKN250 23/13 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02330128

KTVC · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind variable at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 20,000 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 5 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 7,016'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 7,016'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 5,378'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 5,378'

Pattern altitude: 1,624 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

1,500FT

+876 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV624 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT441 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

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW200

Few · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,392 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

10:57ZSUNRISE

17:45ZSOLAR NOON

00:34ZSUNSET

01:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 16m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:04Z (8h 47m) DAY LENGTH13h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:00Z MOONSET10:36Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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