// Station · 22m ago

KY70

Ionia County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 1 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,500 ft

T/Td 21°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 818 FT

42.9380°N / 85.0605°W

LOCATION · Ionia, US

WIND

160°1 kt

KY70 · 818 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/1

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN065

LAYERS

BKN065

T / Td

21 / 16

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,500 ft. Light winds at 160°/1 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 6,500 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 KY70 290055Z AUTO 16001KT 10SM BKN065 21/16 A3012 RMK AO2

KY70 · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 1 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 6,500 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

160°1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 4,300'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 4,300'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 4,261'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 4,261'

Pattern altitude: 1,818 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 +7°C

1,500FT

+682 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV818 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT614 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN065

Broken · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,424 ft VFR MARGIN+3,500 ft

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

11:01ZSUNRISE

17:43ZSOLAR NOON

00:24ZSUNSET

00:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:53Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 22m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:48Z MOONSET13:11Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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