Airports · Bend Municipal · flight planning · Sun 3:27 pm PDT (22:27 UTC)

Flight planning: Bend Municipal BDN / KBDN

What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Bend Municipal in Bend, Oregon, in plain English: right now VFR: good flying weather, Wind from the north (010°) at 9 knots, gusting to 16. The warnings, reports and winds below come from the government's aviation weather service and the restrictions from the FAA, refreshed every few minutes. For planning, not a briefing: the legal preflight briefing comes from Flight Service (1-800-WX-BRIEF) or the FAA's own tools.

Warnings in force SIGMETs and AIRMETs whose area covers this field

AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 14,000 ft.
AIRMET TANGO 5W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 20,000 ft to 41,000 ft.
AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist).

A SIGMET warns of weather hazardous to all aircraft (thunderstorms, severe turbulence or icing, volcanic ash); an AIRMET of weather that matters to small aircraft and to flying without instruments (moderate turbulence or icing, low cloud, strong surface wind, mountains hidden in cloud). An area is counted when it covers this field's position.

Pilot reports within 100 nautical miles, last three hours, nearest first

E170 at 10,000 ft, 10 nm north, 3:02 pm PDT (22:02 UTC): light rime icing from 7,000 ft to 10,000 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
RDM UA /OV RDM/TM 2202/FL100/TP E170/SK BASE 065-TOPS UNKN/TA UNKN/IC LGT RIME 100-070
```
Report
a routine report filed through RDM
Where
over RDM
Time
22:02 UTC
Height
at 10,000 ft
Aircraft
E170
Sky
base 065-TOPS unknown
Temperature
UNKN
Icing
light rime from 10,000 ft to 7,000 ft
E75L at 10,000 ft, 10 nm north, 12:49 pm PDT (19:49 UTC): light icing, a broken layer above 2,600 ft, remarks: during the descent.
as filed, and in English
```
RDM UA /OV RDM/TM 1949/FL100/TP E75L/SK BKN026/TA UNKN/IC LGT RM 100-60/RM DURD
```
Report
a routine report filed through RDM
Where
over RDM
Time
19:49 UTC
Height
at 10,000 ft
Aircraft
E75L
Sky
a broken layer from 2,600 ft
Temperature
UNKN
Icing
light remarks 100-60
Remarks
during the descent
E545 at 41,000 ft, 16 nm southwest, 1:25 pm PDT (20:25 UTC): light to moderate clear-air turbulence, remarks: zse.
as filed, and in English
```
RDM UA /OV DSD190020/TM 2025/FL410/TP E545/TB CONS LGT OCNL MOD CAT/RM ZSE
```
Report
a routine report filed through RDM
Where
20 nm south (190°) of DSD
Time
20:25 UTC
Height
at 41,000 ft
Aircraft
E545
Turbulence
continuous light occasional moderate clear-air turbulence
Remarks
zse

What pilots in the air told air traffic control or Flight Service: turbulence, icing, cloud tops and bases, temperature, wind, and whatever they remarked on (wind shear on final, a smooth ride). An urgent report is one of severe turbulence or icing, wind shear, or similar. Open "as filed, and in English" for the coded report and its translation line by line.

Winds and temperatures aloft forecast point RDM, 10 nm north of the field · for use 20:00–03:00 UTC

Height	Wind from	Speed	Temperature
6,000 ft	010° (north)	15 knots	-2 °C
9,000 ft	030° (northeast)	21 knots	-8 °C
12,000 ft	020° (north)	26 knots	-12 °C
18,000 ft	020° (north)	46 knots	-22 °C
24,000 ft	010° (north)	72 knots	-27 °C
30,000 ft	360° (north)	47 knots	-34 °C
34,000 ft	340° (north)	31 knots	-35 °C
39,000 ft	320° (northwest)	20 knots	-40 °C

Based on data from the 11th at 18:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 00:00 UTC for use 20:00 to 03:00 UTC; temperatures above 24,000 ft are below zero. Heights are above sea level; the lowest rows are left out where the ground is already that high.

Temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles, from the FAA's list

No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles right now.

Each restriction opens the FAA's own page with the exact area, heights and times. Ordinary notices to air missions (a closed runway, lights out, a crane) are not shown here: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time, and the application for the FAA's data feed is in hand.

Radar and forecast charts government pictures, the latest each time the page loads

Radar now: KRTX (123 nautical miles away) · loop National Weather Service

Radar, the Pacific Northwest · loop National Weather Service

Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center

Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

The radar pictures come from the National Weather Service (the nearest radar, then the region); the surface analysis and the 12- and 24-hour forecast charts from the Weather Prediction Center. They are public-domain government images shown as they are published.

Sources: the Aviation Weather Center's data service (SIGMETs, AIRMETs, graphical AIRMETs, pilot reports, winds and temperatures aloft), the National Weather Service radar, the Weather Prediction Center's charts, and the FAA's temporary flight restriction list and shapes. Fetched when the page is viewed and kept a few minutes. Back to Bend Municipal, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.