Flight planning: Westchester County HPN / KHPN
What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Westchester County in White Plains, New York, in plain English: right now IFR: instrument conditions, Wind from the east (080°) at 10 knots, gusting to 17. 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).
- AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing up to 24,000 ft.
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
- PC12 descending, 0 nm northwest, 3:17 pm EDT (19:17 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
HPN UA /OV HPN/TM 1917/FLUNKN/TP PC12/RM DURD RWY16 BASES REPORTED AT 700 FT
- C750 , 0 nm northwest, 3:14 pm EDT (19:14 UTC): light turbulence.
as filed
HPN UA /OV HPN/TM 1914/FLUNKN/TP C750/TB LT/RM FNL RWY16 +/-10 KTS
- CL30 at 1,000 ft, 0 nm northwest, 2:22 pm EDT (18:22 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
HPN UA /OV HPN/TM 1822/FL010/TP CL30/RM BASES 200 FT ABOVE MINS. BRAKING ACTION GOOD
- FA7X at 900 ft, 0 nm northwest, 1:23 pm EDT (17:23 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
HPN UA /OV RWY16/TM 1723/FL009/TP FA7X/RM RWY16 IN SIGHT. BRAG
- C68A , 0 nm northwest, 12:46 pm EDT (16:46 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
HPN UA /OV HPN/TM 1646/FLDURA/TP C68A/RM RWY 34 BA GOOD
- P28R at 2,000 ft, 17 nm east, 3:10 pm EDT (19:10 UTC): moderate chop turbulence, rain.
as filed
BDR UA /OV BDR280010/TM 1910/FL020/TP P28R/WX RA/TB MOD CHOP
- CRJ9 at 700 ft, 19 nm southwest, 3:25 pm EDT (19:25 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
LGA UA /OV LGA/TM 1925/FL007/TP CRJ9/RM CLOUD BASES 650 ILS RWY 4
- B737 at 800 ft, 19 nm southwest, 3:09 pm EDT (19:09 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
LGA UA /OV LGA/TM 1909/FL008/TP B737/RM CLOUD BASES 800 ILS RWY 4
- E175 descending, 19 nm southwest, 2:07 pm EDT (18:07 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
LGA UA /OV FINAL RWY 04/TM 1807/FLDURD/TP E175/RM BASE 850 FEET
- C25B at 1,100 ft, 20 nm northeast, 3:12 pm EDT (19:12 UTC): a broken layer above 900 ft.
as filed
DXR UA /OV KDXR270001/TM 1912/FL011/TP C25B/SK BKN009/RM BASES AT MINS
- C56X descending, 21 nm southwest, 3:07 pm EDT (19:07 UTC): overcast above 800 ft.
as filed
TEB UA /OV TEB/TM 1907/FLDURD/TP C56X/SK OVC008/RM BASES 800
- C68A descending, 21 nm southwest, 2:15 pm EDT (18:15 UTC): overcast above 1,000 ft.
as filed
TEB UA /OV TEB/TM 1815/FLDURD/TP C68A/SK OVC010/WX 2/RM BASES 1000 VIS 2
What pilots in the air told air traffic control or Flight Service: turbulence, icing, cloud tops and bases, temperature, wind. An urgent report is one of severe turbulence or icing, or similar.
Winds and temperatures aloft forecast point JFK, 26 nm south of the field · for use 14:00–21:00 UTC
| Height | Wind from | Speed | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 ft | 140° (southeast) | 34 knots | |
| 6,000 ft | 150° (southeast) | 25 knots | 9 °C |
| 9,000 ft | 190° (south) | 19 knots | 8 °C |
| 12,000 ft | 230° (southwest) | 19 knots | 4 °C |
| 18,000 ft | 240° (southwest) | 32 knots | -7 °C |
| 24,000 ft | 240° (southwest) | 45 knots | -17 °C |
| 30,000 ft | 240° (southwest) | 63 knots | -32 °C |
| 34,000 ft | 240° (southwest) | 77 knots | -42 °C |
| 39,000 ft | 240° (southwest) | 91 knots | -54 °C |
Based on data from the 11th at 12:00 UTC; valid on the 11th at 18:00 UTC for use 14:00 to 21:00 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
- 5/2811 NEW YORK, NY, Monday, October 20, 2025 through Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Local 21 nm southwest · security · until 20 October · ZNY
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 Westchester County, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.