Baboosic Lake Seaplane Base (52NH) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 2:56 PM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KASH), 52NH is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Baboosic Lake Seaplane Base in Amherst, NH, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KASH): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Baboosic Lake Seaplane Base (52NH) is a seaplane base in Amherst, NH. 52NH has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KASH, about 7 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has 2 physical runways (2W, 20W), the longest 5,575 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KMHT.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KASH, 6.5 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 12°C (53°F), altimeter 30.41 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KASH 281856Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/00 A3041 RMK AO2 SLP300 T01170000
What changed at KASH (nearest station)?
Since the 1756Z (1:56 PM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Wind speed down from 5 to 0 kt.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.45 → 30.41 inHg.
Current pilot readout for 52NH
Based on the nearest station (KASH), 52NH is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -700 ft (field elevation 227 ft). 52NH does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KMHT, about 7 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2W | 5,575 ft | WAT | - | - |
| 20W | 5,575 ft | WAT | - | - |
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24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 23 h: wind 4→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
52NH weather radar
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Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of 52NH
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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BDL UA /OV BDL/TM 1805/FL160/TP A319/TB MOD CHOP
BDL UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV BDLLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1805Reported at 18:05 UTC.FL160Altitude: 16,000 ft MSL.TP A319Aircraft type reporting.TB MOD CHOPTurbulence: moderate chop.Show raw report
RUT UA /OV RUT230015/TM 1441/FL310/TP E75L/TB OCNL LGT CHOP
RUT UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV RUT230015Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1441Reported at 14:41 UTC.FL310Altitude: 31,000 ft MSL.TP E75LAircraft type reporting.TB OCNL LGT CHOPTurbulence: occasional light chop.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 52NH
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KASH reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the W.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 2W/20W
- 100%
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- Seaplane base
- FAA LID
- 52NH
- City
- Amherst
- State
- New Hampshire
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 227 ft
- Coordinates
- 42.8797, -71.5764
- Runways
- 2 physical runways · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 5,575 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KASH
- TAF
- Nearest KMHT
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Sunset in
- 2h 3m
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Compare nearby METAR/TAF stations within 25, 50 and 100 NM before departure or arrival.
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RC flying fields nearby
AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
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Pilot PIREPs for Baboosic Lake Seaplane Base (52NH)
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