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KBAF — Westfield-Barnes Rgnl
Westfield/Springfield, MA · field elevation 270 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KBAF current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBAF 100153Z 30014G22KT 10SM BKN037 OVC045 10/03 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP129 T01000028
- Wind
- from 300° at 14 kt, gusting 22 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 3,700 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 10 °C / dewpoint 3 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.90 inHg
- Density altitude
- -236 ft · pressure altitude 290 ft
- Observed
- 45 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 300° at 14 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 13 kt head | 5 kt from the left |
| 02 | 5 kt head | 13 kt from the left |
| 20 | 5 kt tail | 13 kt from the right |
| 15 | 13 kt tail | 5 kt from the right |
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
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 2,000–2,000 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 AMD KBAF 092320Z 0923/1102 29010G15KT 9999 SCT025 BKN040 OVC055 QNH2973INS BECMG 1007/1008 26006KT 9999 BKN014 OVC020 QNH2991INS BECMG 1014/1015 26006KT 9999 FEW014 BKN020 BKN030 OVC095 QNH2989INS TX14/0923Z TN06/1012Z
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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
- 1135Z / 2134Z
- 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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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.