KAFF — Usaf Academy Davis Airfield
Colorado Springs, CO · field elevation 6,576 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KAFF current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAFF 261455Z 03007KT 10SM CLR 18/04 A3019 RMK AO2A SLP156 T01760038 52014 PNO $
- Wind
- from 030° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 18 °C / dewpoint 4 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Density altitude
- 8,098 ft · pressure altitude 6,306 ft
- Observed
- 42 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 030° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 34C | 5 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 34R | 5 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 34L | 5 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 09 | 3 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 27 | 3 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 16R | 5 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
| 16C | 5 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
| 16L | 5 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
8 within 20 nm, closest 12 nm. Last image 51 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 15,000–15,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KAFF 261105Z 2611/2717 02009KT 9999 FEW250 520104 QNH3009INS ROTOR CONDS EXIST WND 250V110 BECMG 2614/2615 26012KT 9999 FEW250 520009 QNH3015INS WND 210V310 BECMG 2617/2618 16009KT 9999 FEW100 FEW250 QNH3019INS BECMG 2620/2621 18012G18KT 9999 SCT120 SCT250 QNH3011INS BECMG 2706/2707 33009KT 9999 SKC QNH3020INS WND 16009KT AFT 2715 TX26/2621Z TN09/2710Z
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 38.97339, -104.82003
- Elevation
- 6,576 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1251Z / 0050Z
- Tower hours
- OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
- Magnetic variation
- 11°E (1985)
- Sectional
- Denver
- County
- El Paso, CO
Everything else KAFF publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16C/34C | 4,501 | 75 | ASPH | — |
| 16R/34L | 4,500 | 40 | ASPH | — |
| 16L/34R | 3,513 | 75 | ASPH | — |
| 09/27 | 2,493 | 75 | ASPH | — |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 128.525
- Tower OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
- 124.15
- Ground
- 118.125
- CTAF
- 124.15
Nearby airports
- KCOS City Of Colorado Springs Muni11 nm
- KFLY Meadow Lake12 nm
- KFCS Butts AAF (Fort Carson)18 nm
- KAPA Centennial36 nm
- KPUB Pueblo Meml44 nm
- KBKF Buckley Space Force Base44 nm
Elsewhere
- Other Colorado airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.