KAPN — Alpena County Rgnl
Alpena, MI · field elevation 690 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-RAPCON
KAPN current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAPN 100154Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM FEW120 06/04 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP141 T00560039
- Wind
- from 160° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 6 °C / dewpoint 4 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Density altitude
- -277 ft · pressure altitude 680 ft
- Observed
- 46 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 160° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 25 | 1 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 07 | 1 kt tail | 4 kt from the right |
| 01 | 4 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
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KAPN 092320Z 1000/1024 18004KT P6SM BKN100 FM100700 25006KT P6SM FEW250 FM101500 29011G22KT P6SM SCT250 FM102000 30011G18KT P6SM BKN045
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 45.07808, -83.56031
- Elevation
- 690 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
- 1225Z / 2210Z
- Tower hours
- 0800-1600 WKDAYS; EXCP HOLS (ANG).
- Magnetic variation
- 7°W (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Lake Huron
- County
- Alpena, MI
Airport diagram
Everything else KAPN publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 9,001 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 07/25 | 5,028 | 100 | CONC | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 120.675
- Tower 0800-1600 WKDAYS; EXCP HOLS (ANG).
- 121.35
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 121.35
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 128.425
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KSLH Cheboygan County53 nm
- KGOV Grayling AAF55 nm
- KDRM Drummond Island56 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KAPN airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Michigan 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.