KBLV — Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis
Belleville, IL · field elevation 459 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBLV current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBLV 111055Z COR AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02550250 $ COR 1152
- Wind
- from 220° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 25 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,765 ft · pressure altitude 419 ft
- Observed
- 81 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 220° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 14L | — | 4 kt from the right |
| 14R | — | 4 kt from the right |
| 32R | — | 4 kt from the left |
| 32L | — | 4 kt from the left |
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 KBLV 110800Z 1108/1214 23009KT 9999 SKC QNH2984INS BECMG 1122/1123 26009KT 9999 SCT100 QNH2982INS TX37/1121Z TN25/1112Z
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 38.54517, -89.83519
- Elevation
- 459 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
- 1110Z / 0058Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- -2° (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- St Louis
- County
- St Clair, IL
Airport diagram
Everything else KBLV publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14L/32R | 10,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 14R/32L | 8,006 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 128.7
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 128.25
- Ground
- 119.2
- Clearance
- 119.875
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 125.2
Published procedures
- 20 approaches — ILS, LD, LG, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 4 departures published
- 5 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KCPS St Louis Downtown15 nm
- KALN St Louis Rgnl23 nm
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- KSTL St Louis Lambert Intl28 nm
- KENL Centralia Muni35 nm
- KSET St Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Fld36 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBLV airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Illinois 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.