KBKF — Buckley Space Force Base
Aurora, CO · field elevation 5,663 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBKF current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBKF 111158Z 18006KT 10SM SCT160 BKN220 21/07 A3011 RMK AO2A SLP100 T02110073 10238 20195 56003
- Wind
- from 180° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 22,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 7 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- 7,485 ft · pressure altitude 5,473 ft
- Observed
- 14 minutes ago
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 9 nm. Last image 7 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBKF 110900Z 1109/1215 VRB06KT 9999 SCT220 QNH3011INS BECMG 1120/1121 36005G15KT 9999 -SHRA BKN130 OVC150 QNH3010INS BECMG 1205/1206 VRB06KT 9999 NSW FEW130 BKN150 QNH3011INS TX34/1120Z TN19/1111Z
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 39.70176, -104.75196
- Elevation
- 5,663 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
- 1208Z / 0200Z
- Tower hours
- OPR 1330-0530Z++ TUE-SAT, 1500-2300Z++ SUN-MON.
- Magnetic variation
- 8° (2015)
- Fuel
- A++
- Sectional
- Denver
- County
- Arapahoe, CO
Airport diagram
Everything else KBKF publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 11,006 | 150 | PEM | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 119.675
- Tower OPR 1330-0530Z++ TUE-SAT, 1500-2300Z++ SUN-MON.
- 121.0
- Ground
- 121.6
- Approach
- 128.45
Published procedures
- 1 approach — LG
- 5 departures published
- 7 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KAPA Centennial9 nm
- KDEN Denver Intl10 nm
- KCFO Colorado Air And Space Port11 nm
- KBJC Rocky Mountain Metro21 nm
- KEIK Erie Muni23 nm
- KBDU Boulder Muni30 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBKF airport diagram or an approach plate
- 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.