// Station · 27m ago

KBDL

Bradley International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,300 ft

T/Td 23.3°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 173 FT

41.9386°N / 72.6880°W

LOCATION · Hartford, US

WIND

270°5 kt

KBDL · 173 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN043

LAYERS

BKN043 BKN050

T / Td

23 / 13

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,300 ft. Light winds at 270°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 4,300 ft, and broken at 5,000 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 KBDL 251551Z COR 27005KT 10SM BKN043 BKN050 23/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02330133 $

KBDL · day 25 at 15:51 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 4,300 ft · broken layer at 5,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

24★ HDG 240° H4 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,510'

33 HDG 330° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 6,847'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

15 HDG 150° T2 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

06 HDG 060° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,173 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

1,100FT

+927 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV173 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT120 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOXC (Waterbury Oxford Airport, Oxford, elev 726 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

BKN050

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

BKN043

Broken · base 4,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,941 ft VFR MARGIN+1,300 ft

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

10:10ZSUNRISE

16:54ZSOLAR NOON

23:38ZSUNSET

00:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:07Z (7h 49m) DAY LENGTH13h 27m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:12Z MOONSET09:40Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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