// Station · 13m ago

KBKF

Buckley Space Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 13,000 ft

T/Td 22.6°C / 11°C

ALTIM 30.35 inHg

ELEV 5,662 FT

39.7017°N / 104.7520°W

LOCATION · Aurora, US

WIND

340°5 kt

KBKF · 5,662 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN130

LAYERS

FEW090 BKN130 BKN220

T / Td

23 / 11

ALTIM

30.35"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 13,000 ft. Light winds at 340°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 9,000 ft, broken at 13,000 ft, and broken at 22,000 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 KBKF 251758Z 34005KT 10SM FEW090 BKN130 BKN220 23/11 A3035 RMK AO2A SLP199 T02260110 10244 20167 53001

KBKF · day 25 at 17:58 UTC · wind from 340° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 9,000 ft · broken layer at 13,000 ft · broken layer at 22,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.35" Hg · sea-level pressure 1019.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

340°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

32★ HDG 320° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,006'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

14 HDG 140° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,662 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 +18°C

7,400FT

+1,738 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,662 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT5,228 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K20V (McElroy Airfield, Kremmling, elev 7,411 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+74%

-52%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+52%

-33%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+30%

-22%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN220

Broken · base 22,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN130

Broken · base 13,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW090

Few · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING13,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER22,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL17,076 ft VFR MARGIN+10,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:21ZSUNRISE

19:02ZSOLAR NOON

01:43ZSUNSET

02:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:11Z (7h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 21m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:28Z MOONSET11:49Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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