// Station · 8m ago

KBDL

Bradley International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 15°C / 12.2°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

ELEV 173 FT

41.9386°N / 72.6880°W

LOCATION · Hartford, US

WIND

310°5 kt

KBDL · 173 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

BKN250

T / Td

15 / 12

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Light winds at 310°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 25,000 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 130151Z 31005KT 10SM BKN250 15/12 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP115 T01500122 $

KBDL · day 13 at 01:51 UTC · wind from 310° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

310°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

33★ HDG 330° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,847'

24 HDG 240° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT 9,510'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

06 HDG 060° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

15 HDG 150° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

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 +0°C

300FT

+127 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV173 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT220 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KIJD (Windham Airport, North Windham, elev 247 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL7,749 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

11:00ZSUNRISE

16:38ZSOLAR NOON

22:16ZSUNSET

22:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:59Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:44Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:23Z MOONSET23:38Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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