// Station · 26m ago

KBUF

Buffalo Niagara International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 26,000 ft

T/Td 22.2°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 728 FT

42.9405°N / 78.7322°W

LOCATION · Buffalo, US

WIND

230°12 kt

KBUF · 728 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 21Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN260

LAYERS

FEW042 SCT050 BKN260

T / Td

22 / 16

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 26,000 ft. Moderate winds at 230°/12 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,200 ft, scattered at 5,000 ft, and broken at 26,000 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 252154Z 23012KT 10SM FEW042 SCT050 BKN260 22/16 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02220161 $

KBUF · day 25 at 21:54 UTC · wind from 230° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,200 ft · scattered layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 26,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 12 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

230°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

23★ HDG 230° H12 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 8,829'

14 HDG 140° H0 kt X12 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

32 HDG 320° H0 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T12 kt X0 kt — —

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 +8°C

1,600FT

+872 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV728 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT586 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBGM (Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field, Binghamton, elev 1,636 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

BKN260

Broken · base 26,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT050

Scattered · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW042

Few · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING26,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER26,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,940 ft VFR MARGIN+23,000 ft

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

10:33ZSUNRISE

17:18ZSOLAR NOON

00:03ZSUNSET

00:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:20Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 43m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:33Z (2h 12m) DAY LENGTH13h 30m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE20:47Z MOONSET10:18Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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