Airport Weather › BUF

BUF Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, NY · KBUF

Current weather at Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Buffalo, NY (IATA BUF, ICAO KBUF): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 040° 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.

BUF airport info BUF NOTAMs

Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 21:54Z on Oct 27, 27 minutes ago
  • Wind: from the northeast (040° true) at 6 knots.
  • Visibility: 10 miles or more.
  • Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
  • Clouds: few clouds at 16,000 ft, scattered clouds at 27,000 ft; no ceiling.
  • Temperature: 11°C (51°F), dew point 2°C (35°F).
  • Altimeter: 30.38 inHg (1029 hPa).
METAR KBUF 272154Z 04006KT 10SM FEW160 SCT270 11/02 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP291 T01060017 $

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 040° at 6 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked.

RunwayHeading (true)HeadwindCrosswindLength
05 Most headwind044°6 kt0 kt8,829 ft
23224°Tailwind 6 kt0 kt8,829 ft
14127°0 kt6 kt from the left7,161 ft
32307°0 kt6 kt from the right7,161 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Oct 27 17:20Z, valid Oct 27 18:00Z to Oct 28 18:00Z

TAF KBUF 271720Z 2718/2818 06005KT P6SM FEW090 FM280200 09005KT P6SM BKN080 FM281100 VRB03KT P6SM BKN050 FM281400 23004KT P6SM SCT130
  1. Oct 27 18:00Z to Oct 28 02:00Z
    Wind 060° at 5 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; few clouds at 9,000 ft.
  2. From Oct 28 02:00Z (until 11:00Z)
    Wind 090° at 5 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 8,000 ft.
  3. From Oct 28 11:00Z (until 14:00Z)
    Wind variable at 3 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 5,000 ft.
  4. From Oct 28 14:00Z (until 18:00Z)
    Wind 230° at 4 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 13,000 ft.

Related

More airport weather in New York

ALB AlbanyHPN White PlainsISP IslipJFK New YorkLGA New YorkROC RochesterSYR Syracuse

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.

No ads when you sign in. It’s free.Silver adds 1-minute flight updates and text flight updates.