Flight planning: Dillant/Hopkins Airport EEN / KEEN
What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Dillant/Hopkins Airport in Keene, New Hampshire, in plain English: right now low IFR: very low ceiling or visibility, Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 4 knots. 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 SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist, fog).
- AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing from 12,000 ft to 24,000 ft.
- AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 24,000 ft to 33,000 ft.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, 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
- A321 at 9,500 ft, 57 nm southeast, 5:05 am EDT (09:05 UTC): moderate turbulence, remarks: moderate turbulence during the descent jfund arrival from from 9,500 ft to 7,000 ft, smooth below.
as filed, and in English
BOS UA /OV BOS350010/TM 0905/FL095/TP A321/TB MOD/RM MOD TB DURD JFUND ARR FROM 095-070, SMOOTH BELOW
- Report
- a routine report filed through BOS
- Where
- 10 nm north (350°) of BOS
- Time
- 09:05 UTC
- Height
- at 9,500 ft
- Aircraft
- A321
- Turbulence
- moderate
- Remarks
- moderate turbulence during the descent jfund arrival from from 9,500 ft to 7,000 ft, smooth below
- B737 at 800 ft, 60 nm south, 5:58 am EDT (09:58 UTC): a broken layer above 800 ft, remarks: during the descent runway 6.
as filed, and in English
BDL UA /OV BDL/TM 0958/FL008/TP B737/SK BKN008/RM DURD RY6
- Report
- a routine report filed through BDL
- Where
- over BDL
- Time
- 09:58 UTC
- Height
- at 800 ft
- Aircraft
- B737
- Sky
- a broken layer from 800 ft
- Remarks
- during the descent runway 6
- B38M at 10,000 ft, 61 nm east, 5:42 am EDT (09:42 UTC): light turbulence, remarks: light turbulence during the climb from 8,000 ft to 10,000 ft.
as filed, and in English
BOS UA /OV BOS020010/TM 0942/FL100/TP B38M/TB LGT/RM LGT TB DURC 080-100
- Report
- a routine report filed through BOS
- Where
- 10 nm north (020°) of BOS
- Time
- 09:42 UTC
- Height
- at 10,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B38M
- Turbulence
- light
- Remarks
- light turbulence during the climb from 8,000 ft to 10,000 ft
- A21N at 700 ft, 65 nm southeast, 6:00 am EDT (10:00 UTC): a broken layer above 700 ft.
as filed, and in English
BOS UA /OV BOS/TM 1000/FL007/TP A21N/SK BKN007
- Report
- a routine report filed through BOS
- Where
- over BOS
- Time
- 10:00 UTC
- Height
- at 700 ft
- Aircraft
- A21N
- Sky
- a broken layer from 700 ft
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 BDL, 60 nm south of the field · for use 08:00–15:00 UTC
| Height | Wind from | Speed | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 ft | 020° (north) | 15 knots | |
| 6,000 ft | 010° (north) | 19 knots | 10 °C |
| 9,000 ft | 340° (north) | 10 knots | 7 °C |
| 12,000 ft | 300° (northwest) | 17 knots | 3 °C |
| 18,000 ft | 280° (west) | 23 knots | -10 °C |
| 24,000 ft | 250° (west) | 35 knots | -22 °C |
| 30,000 ft | 250° (west) | 44 knots | -38 °C |
| 34,000 ft | 250° (west) | 55 knots | -42 °C |
| 39,000 ft | 250° (west) | 57 knots | -51 °C |
Based on data from the 12th at 06:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 12:00 UTC for use 08:00 to 15:00 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
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 Dillant/Hopkins Airport, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.