// Station · 12m ago

KBUF

Buffalo Niagara International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 27,000 ft

T/Td 17.2°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.84 inHg

ELEV 728 FT

42.9405°N / 78.7322°W

LOCATION · Buffalo, US

WIND

220°7 kt

KBUF · 728 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN270

LAYERS

FEW150 SCT190 BKN270

T / Td

17 / 16

ALTIM

29.84"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 27,000 ft. Light winds at 220°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 15,000 ft, scattered at 19,000 ft, and broken at 27,000 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 KBUF 130054Z 22007KT 10SM FEW150 SCT190 BKN270 17/16 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP104 T01720156 $

KBUF · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 220° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 15,000 ft · scattered layer at 19,000 ft · broken layer at 27,000 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.84" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

220°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,829'

14 HDG 140° H1 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

32 HDG 320° T1 kt X7 kt LEFT —

05 HDG 050° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,728 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 +4°C

1,300FT

+572 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV728 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT805 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KN03 (Cortland County Chase Field, Cortland, elev 1,198 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN270

Broken · base 27,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT190

Scattered · base 19,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW150

Few · base 15,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING27,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER27,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,415 ft VFR MARGIN+24,000 ft

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

11:25ZSUNRISE

17:02ZSOLAR NOON

22:39ZSUNSET

23:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:07Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 13m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:46Z MOONSET00:00Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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