// Station · 22m ago

KBAF

Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 23.3°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 271 FT

42.1578°N / 72.7156°W

LOCATION · Westfield, US

WIND

300°12 kt

KBAF · 271 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

SCT039 BKN070

T / Td

23 / 14

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Moderate winds at 300°/12 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 3,900 ft, and broken at 7,000 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 251553Z 30012KT 10SM SCT039 BKN070 23/14 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02330139

KBAF · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 300° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,900 ft · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

300°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

33★ HDG 330° H10 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,000'

02 HDG 020° H2 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

20 HDG 200° T2 kt X12 kt RIGHT —

15 HDG 150° T10 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

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 +9°C

1,300FT

+1,029 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV271 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT230 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 MODERATE

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN070

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

SCT039

Scattered · base 3,900 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,039 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

10:10ZSUNRISE

16:54ZSOLAR NOON

23:38ZSUNSET

00:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:08Z (7h 52m) DAY LENGTH13h 28m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:12Z MOONSET09:41Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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