// Station · 20m ago

KBED

Laurence G Hanscom Field

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,500 ft

T/Td 24.4°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 133 FT

42.4700°N / 71.2890°W

LOCATION · Bedford, US

WIND

260°7 kt

KBED · 133 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN055

LAYERS

BKN055

T / Td

24 / 13

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Light winds at 260°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 5,500 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 KBED 251751Z 26007KT 10SM BKN055 24/13 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02440133 10256 20172 56010

KBED · day 25 at 17:51 UTC · wind from 260° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 5,500 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

260°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H6 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,107'

29 HDG 290° H6 kt X3 kt LEFT 7,011'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T6 kt X4 kt LEFT —

11 HDG 110° T6 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,133 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 +10°C

1,300FT

+1,167 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV133 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT139 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN055

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

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,456 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

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

10:04ZSUNRISE

16:48ZSOLAR NOON

23:33ZSUNSET

00:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:02Z (5h 51m) DAY LENGTH13h 29m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:10Z MOONSET09:39Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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