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BOS Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Boston Logan International Airport, Boston, MA · KBOS

Current weather at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, MA (IATA BOS, ICAO KBOS): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 110° at 6 kt. Below are the latest METAR and TAF from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, decoded into plain English, and the headwind and crosswind on each runway.

Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 21:54Z on Oct 27, 27 minutes ago
  • Wind: from the east-southeast (110° true) at 6 knots.
  • Visibility: 10 miles or more.
  • Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
  • Clouds: few clouds at 25,000 ft; no ceiling.
  • Temperature: 9°C (49°F), dew point 3°C (37°F).
  • Altimeter: 30.36 inHg (1028 hPa).
METAR KBOS 272154Z 11006KT 10SM FEW250 09/03 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP280 T00940028 $

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 110° at 6 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked.

RunwayHeading (true)HeadwindCrosswindLength
04L020°0 kt6 kt from the right7,864 ft
22R200°0 kt6 kt from the left7,864 ft
04R020°0 kt6 kt from the right10,006 ft
22L200°0 kt6 kt from the left10,006 ft
09077°5 kt3 kt from the right7,001 ft
27257°Tailwind 5 kt3 kt from the left7,001 ft
14 Most headwind125°6 kt2 kt from the left5,000 ft
32305°Tailwind 6 kt2 kt from the right5,000 ft
15L135°5 kt3 kt from the left2,557 ft
33R315°Tailwind 5 kt3 kt from the right2,557 ft
15R135°5 kt3 kt from the left10,083 ft
33L315°Tailwind 5 kt3 kt from the right10,083 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Oct 27 21:18Z, valid Oct 27 21:00Z to Oct 29 00:00Z

TAF KBOS 272118Z 2721/2824 12005KT P6SM FEW250 FM280100 22005KT P6SM FEW200 FM280400 33004KT P6SM FEW070 BKN250 FM281600 17008KT P6SM SCT070 BKN180
  1. Oct 27 21:00Z to Oct 28 01:00Z
    Wind 120° at 5 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; few clouds at 25,000 ft.
  2. From Oct 28 01:00Z (until 04:00Z)
    Wind 220° at 5 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; few clouds at 20,000 ft.
  3. From Oct 28 04:00Z (until 16:00Z)
    Wind 330° at 4 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; few clouds at 7,000 ft, broken clouds at 25,000 ft.
  4. From Oct 28 16:00Z (until Oct 29 00:00Z)
    Wind 170° at 8 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 7,000 ft, broken clouds at 18,000 ft.

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Times are UTC (Z). Weather and runway data come from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov) and are refreshed here every few minutes; the plain-English summaries are generated by cwsi.net and may simplify, so the raw METAR and TAF are authoritative. Runway headings are true, worked out from NOAA's runway alignment. cwsi.net is not affiliated with NOAA or the FAA: get an official weather briefing before flight.