KADS — Addison
Dallas, TX · field elevation 644 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KADS current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KADS 100147Z 14003KT 10SM SCT037 BKN100 20/12 A3019
- Wind
- from 140° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 10,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 20 °C / dewpoint 12 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,056 ft · pressure altitude 374 ft
- Observed
- 49 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 140° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 34 | 3 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
4 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 17,000–21,000 ft.
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Forecast
No TAF is issued for KADS — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KADS — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 32.96855, -96.83645
- Elevation
- 644 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1253Z / 2329Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 3°E (2025)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Dallas-Ft Worth
- County
- Dallas, TX
Airport diagram
Everything else KADS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 7,203 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 133.4
- Tower 0600-2200
- 126.0
- Ground
- 121.6
- Clearance
- 119.55
- CTAF
- 126.0
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 124.3
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 9 departures published
- 10 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KADS airport diagram or an approach plate
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- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.