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While welcome, the dry start to March we're seeing in 2020 isn't that unusual. For the last four years, March has typically started dry and the snow has fallen later in the month. April tends to follow a slightly more random pattern, with snow developing throughout the month. What's common to both early spring months, … Continue reading EARLY SPRING SNOW

As an IFR pilot based at BJC, I tend to find myself longing for actual IMC sometimes! It seems as though it's VFR all the time, and when it's not, there are unfavorable conditions for icing. As a pilot looking for actual IFR at KBJC, statistically the most likely time to find it is in … Continue reading LESS THAN VFR

Having flown into and out of KBJC hundreds of times, I've never been able to put my finger on which runways, 12LR or 30LR, get used more frequently. My intuition suggests that our dominant winds seem to be from the west, so therefore 30LR would see more action. As it turns out, that's true, but … Continue reading RUNWAYS IN USE

As a pilot in CO, I often think of the crosswinds to expect when landing at KBJC. As can be seen from the tables below, they vary greatly by season and time of day. But a good rule of thumb is that around 90% of the time you're most likely to encounter crosswinds of 10 … Continue reading CROSSWINDS TO EXPECT

One question I've always wondered about flying from KBJC is: Are summer afternoons really the windiest time to fly? Thanks to some historical METAR data, I've been able to answer that question. In short, no. After looking at the past three years of METAR data between 8AM and 8PM (local) it appears the summer winds … Continue reading WINDS AT KBJC