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KBAF — Westfield-Barnes Rgnl
Westfield/Springfield, MA · field elevation 270 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KBAF current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBAF 252353Z 02010G20KT 10SM CLR 19/07 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01890072 10211 20183 56006
- Wind
- from 020° at 10 kt, gusting 20 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 19 °C / dewpoint 7 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Density altitude
- 612 ft · pressure altitude 120 ft
- Observed
- 4 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 020° at 10 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | 10 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 33 | 5 kt head | 9 kt from the right |
| 15 | 5 kt tail | 9 kt from the left |
| 20 | 10 kt tail | 2 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
Pilot reports
11 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 2,500–32,000 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 252000Z 2520/2702 02010G25KT 9999 FEW250 510006 QNH3005INS BECMG 2601/2602 02010G25KT 9999 FEW130 BKN170 OVC240 520006 QNH3003INS BECMG 2605/2606 02010G25KT 8000 -RA SCT110 BKN130 OVC150 530006 QNH2995INS BECMG 2613/2614 02015G30KT 8000 -RA BKN055 OVC080 530006 QNH2989INS TX22/2520Z TN16/2617Z
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.15794, -72.71586
- Elevation
- 270 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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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
- 1042Z / 2243Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 14°W (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
- 3 approaches — RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 1 departure published
- 2 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- 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.