KAZO — Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Intl
Kalamazoo, MI · field elevation 874 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-TRACON
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KAZO current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAZO 111153Z 09006KT 6SM BR CLR 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2 RAB27E41 SLP122 P0000 60000 T02170206 10228 20217 58017
- Wind
- from 090° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 21 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,888 ft · pressure altitude 884 ft
- Observed
- 25 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 090° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 09 | 6 kt head | — |
| 05 | 4 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 17 | 1 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 35 | 1 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 23 | 4 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
| 27 | 6 kt tail | — |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
6 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 1,800–33,000 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 111120Z 1112/1212 00000KT 6SM BR BKN050 TEMPO 1112/1114 4SM BR FM111400 12005KT P6SM BKN070 PROB30 1115/1118 4SM -TSRA BR OVC040CB FM111800 23006KT P6SM -SHRA OVC040 PROB30 1118/1121 4SM -TSRA BR OVC030CB FM112100 03005KT P6SM OVC070 PROB30 1121/1124 4SM -SHRA OVC040 FM120500 VRB03KT 3SM BR SCT250
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.23439, -85.55156
- 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
- 1046Z / 0049Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2300
- Magnetic variation
- -3° (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 | 6,502 | 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
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KBTL Battle Creek Exec At Kellogg Fld14 nm
- KHAI Three Rivers Muni/Dr Haines17 nm
- KIRS Kirsch Muni26 nm
- KRMY Brooks Fld27 nm
- KOEB Branch County Meml29 nm
- KLWA South Haven Area Rgnl32 nm
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.