// Station · 8m ago

KBAF

Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26.1°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 271 FT

42.1578°N / 72.7156°W

LOCATION · Westfield, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KBAF · 271 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW060

T / Td

26 / 15

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 6,000 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 KBAF 111453Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW060 26/15 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02610150 51009

KBAF · day 11 at 14:53 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 9,000'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 9,000'

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 5,000'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 5,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,271 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 +11°C

1,600FT

+1,329 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -600 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV271 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT180 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPSF (Pittsfield Municipal Airport, Pittsfield, elev 1,188 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,453 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

09:25ZSUNRISE

16:57ZSOLAR NOON

00:28ZSUNSET

01:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:02Z (10h 01m) DAY LENGTH15h 03m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE06:51Z MOONSET21:54Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KCEF

VFR

Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base · Chicopee

WIND: 360° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN250
DIST: 8 NM E
AGE: 1h 6m ago

KBDL

VFR

Bradley International Airport · Hartford

WIND: VRB / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW070
DIST: 13 NM S
AGE: 10m ago

KHFD

VFR

Hartford Brainard Airport · Hartford

WIND: 040° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 25 NM S
AGE: 8m ago

K4B8

VFR

Robertson Field · Plainville

WIND: 040° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW120
DIST: 29 NM S
AGE: 6m ago

KPSF

VFR

Pittsfield Municipal Airport · Pittsfield

WIND: VRB / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW049
DIST: 30 NM NW
AGE: 7m ago

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