// Station · 54m ago

KBKF

Buckley Space Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 18 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.7°C / -1.6°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

ELEV 5,662 FT

39.7017°N / 104.7520°W

LOCATION · Aurora, US

WIND

190°18 kt

KBKF · 5,662 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100

T / Td

22 / -2

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 190°/18 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 10,000 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 130058Z 19018KT 10SM FEW100 22/M02 A2981 RMK AO2A SLP026 T02171016

KBKF · day 13 at 00:58 UTC · wind from 190° at 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · sea-level pressure 1002.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 18 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H12 kt X14 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,006'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T12 kt X14 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

7,900FT

+2,238 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,662 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT5,769 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAEJ (Central Colorado Regional Airport, Buena Vista, elev 7,946 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+79%

-55%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+55%

-36%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+32%

-24%

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)

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,622 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:07ZSUNRISE

18:46ZSOLAR NOON

00:26ZSUNSET

00:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:53Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 18m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:29Z MOONSET01:48Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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