// Station · 27m ago

KCEF

Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 15,000 ft

T/Td 24.7°C / 14.5°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 241 FT

42.1940°N / 72.5348°W

LOCATION · Chicopee, US

WIND

290°8 kt

KCEF · 241 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN150

LAYERS

SCT070 BKN150

T / Td

25 / 15

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 15,000 ft. Moderate winds at 290°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 7,000 ft, and broken at 15,000 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 KCEF 251955Z 29008KT 10SM SCT070 BKN150 25/15 A2990 RMK AO2A SLP128 T02470145

KCEF · day 25 at 19:55 UTC · wind from 290° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 7,000 ft · broken layer at 15,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · sea-level pressure 1012.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

290°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

33★ HDG 330° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,085'

23 HDG 230° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

15 HDG 150° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,241 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

1,500FT

+1,259 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV241 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT259 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

+15%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN150

Broken · base 15,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT070

Scattered · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING15,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER15,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,716 ft VFR MARGIN+12,000 ft

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

10:09ZSUNRISE

16:53ZSOLAR NOON

23:38ZSUNSET

00:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:07Z (3h 44m) DAY LENGTH13h 28m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:20Z MOONSET09:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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