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KBAF — Westfield-Barnes Rgnl
Westfield/Springfield, MA · field elevation 270 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBAF current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBAF 111153Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP107 T02330194 10233 20178 53007
- Wind
- from 000° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 19 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,394 ft · pressure altitude 330 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 000° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 33 | 3 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 15 | 3 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
| 20 | 4 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
3 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 2,000–36,000 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 KBAF 110400Z 1104/1210 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH2980INS BECMG 1111/1112 29010G15KT 9999 SKC QNH2975INS BECMG 1121/1122 30005KT 9999 FEW040 QNH2975INS TX31/1119Z TN19/1108Z
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.15794, -72.71586
- Elevation
- 270 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
- 0954Z / 2357Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2200
- Magnetic variation
- -14° (1980)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- New York
- County
- Hampden, MA
Airport diagram
Everything else KBAF publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 9,000 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 15/33 | 5,000 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 127.1
- Tower 0700-2200
- 125.075
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 125.075
- Approach
- 125.35
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — LS, RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 1 departure published
- 2 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KCEF Westover Arb/Metro8 nm
- KBDL Bradley Intl13 nm
- KHFD Hartford-Brainard25 nm
- KPSF Pittsfield Muni30 nm
- KORE Orange Muni31 nm
- KIJD Windham34 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBAF airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Massachusetts 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.