// Station · 9m ago

KTVC

Cherry Capital Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 9,500 ft

T/Td 17.2°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.69 inHg

WX VCTS

ELEV 624 FT

44.7414°N / 85.5822°W

LOCATION · Traverse City, US

WIND

360°6 kt

KTVC · 624 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN095

LAYERS

FEW047 FEW075 BKN095

T / Td

17 / 16

ALTIM

29.69"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,500 ft. Light winds at 360°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,700 ft, a few at 7,500 ft, and broken at 9,500 ft. Reported weather: thunderstorm in the vicinity (VCTS). 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

SPECI KTVC 130219Z AUTO 36006KT 10SM VCTS FEW047 FEW075 BKN095 17/16 A2969 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS RAB04E19 TSE13 P0005 T01720156

KTVC · day 13 at 02:19 UTC · wind from 360° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,700 ft · a few clouds at 7,500 ft · broken layer at 9,500 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.69" Hg · weather: thunderstorm in the vicinity (VCTS) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

360°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

36★ HDG 360° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,378'

28 HDG 280° H1 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

10 HDG 100° T1 kt X6 kt LEFT —

18 HDG 180° T6 kt X0 kt — —

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 +4°C

1,300FT

+676 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV624 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT852 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCAD (Wexford County Airport, Cadillac, elev 1,307 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN095

Broken · base 9,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW075

Few · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW047

Few · base 4,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,311 ft VFR MARGIN+6,500 ft

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

11:54ZSUNRISE

17:29ZSOLAR NOON

23:05ZSUNSET

23:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 10m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:18Z MOONSET00:28Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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