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KHFD — Hartford-Brainard
Hartford, CT · field elevation 18 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KHFD current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KHFD 252353Z 03018G25KT 10SM SCT100 BKN120 19/05 A3003 RMK AO2 PK WND 02031/2312 SLP167 60000 T01890050 10206 20183 55002
- Wind
- from 030° at 18 kt, gusting 25 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 12,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 19 °C / dewpoint 5 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Density altitude
- 350 ft · pressure altitude -92 ft
- Observed
- 5 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 030° at 18 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | 17 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| NE | 17 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| 11 | 6 kt head | 17 kt from the left |
| 29 | 6 kt tail | 17 kt from the right |
| 20 | 17 kt tail | 6 kt from the left |
| SW | 17 kt tail | 6 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
13 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 2,500–39,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KHFD — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KHFD — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 41.73671, -72.64943
- Elevation
- 18 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
- 1041Z / 2243Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-0000
- Magnetic variation
- 15°W (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- New York
- County
- Hartford, CT
Airport diagram
Everything else KHFD publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,417 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| NE/SW | 2,323 | 150 | TURF | — |
| 11/29 | 2,314 | 71 | ASPH | HIGH |
| H1 | 70 | 77 | ASPH | MED |
| H2 | 44 | 44 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 126.45
- Tower 0600-0000
- 119.6
- Ground
- 121.6
- Clearance
- 121.6
- CTAF
- 119.6
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 127.8
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — LDA, RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KSNC Chester22 nm
- KBAF Westfield-Barnes Rgnl25 nm
- KOXC Waterbury-Oxford27 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KHFD airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Connecticut 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.