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KAKH — Gastonia Muni
Gastonia, NC · field elevation 798 ft · NON-ATCT
KAKH current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAKH 252354Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/09 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01500094 10244 20150 53000 $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 15 °C / dewpoint 9 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Density altitude
- 850 ft · pressure altitude 688 ft
- Observed
- 9 minutes ago
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Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
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Forecast
No TAF is issued for KAKH — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KAKH — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 35.20262, -81.14988
- Elevation
- 798 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1116Z / 2316Z
- Magnetic variation
- 6°W (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Charlotte
- County
- Gaston, NC
Everything else KAKH publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,769 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- Clearance
- 127.2
- CTAF
- 123.0
- UNICOM
- 123.0
- Approach
- 120.05
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
- 13 departures published
- 4 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KCLT Charlotte/Douglas Intl10 nm
- KUZA Rock Hill/York County/Bryant Fld14 nm
- KIPJ Lincoln County Rgnl17 nm
- KEHO Shelby-Cleveland County Rgnl22 nm
- KJQF Concord-Padgett Rgnl24 nm
- KDCM Chester Catawba Rgnl25 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KAKH airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other North Carolina airports
- 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.