KAZO — Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Intl
Kalamazoo, MI · field elevation 874 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-TRACON
KAZO current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAZO 100253Z 20004KT 10SM CLR 07/03 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP171 T00720033 58012
- Wind
- from 200° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 7 °C / dewpoint 3 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Density altitude
- 29 ft · pressure altitude 774 ft
- Observed
- 43 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 200° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 4 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 17 | 3 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 27 | 1 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 09 | 1 kt tail | 4 kt from the right |
| 35 | 3 kt tail | 2 kt from the left |
| 05 | 4 kt tail | 2 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
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 32,000–32,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KAZO 092332Z 1000/1024 21006KT P6SM FEW250 FM100500 22006KT P6SM SKC WS020/27036KT FM100800 28008KT P6SM SKC
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.23400, -85.55143
- Elevation
- 874 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
- 1227Z / 2225Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 3°W (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Kalamazoo, MI
Airport diagram
Everything else KAZO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,952 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 05/23 | 3,438 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
| 09/27 | 2,800 | 60 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 127.25
- Tower 0600-2300
- 118.3
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance WHEN TWR CLSD THRU CHICAGO ARTCC
- 121.2
- Clearance
- 121.75
- CTAF
- 118.3
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 119.2
- Approach
- 121.2
- Approach
- 123.8
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KAZO 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.