KBTL — Battle Creek Exec At Kellogg Fld
Battle Creek, MI · field elevation 952 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KBTL current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBTL 111153Z 08006KT 10SM FEW048 22/20 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02170200 10222 20211 58010
- Wind
- from 080° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 20 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,959 ft · pressure altitude 942 ft
- Observed
- 18 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 080° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 05L | 5 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 05R | 5 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 13 | 4 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 31 | 4 kt tail | 4 kt from the right |
| 23R | 5 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
| 23L | 5 kt tail | 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
Pilot reports
4 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 1,800–13,000 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 KBTL 111120Z 1112/1212 00000KT P6SM BKN050 FM111400 12005KT P6SM OVC050 PROB30 1115/1118 4SM -SHRA BR OVC040 FM111800 25005KT P6SM -SHRA OVC060 PROB30 1118/1121 4SM -TSRA BR OVC040CB FM112100 26006KT P6SM BKN050 PROB30 1121/1124 4SM -SHRA BR OVC040 FM120500 VRB03KT 3SM BR SCT250
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.30647, -85.25009
- Elevation
- 952 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
- 1044Z / 0047Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2300
- Magnetic variation
- -4° (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Calhoun, MI
Airport diagram
Everything else KBTL publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 10,004 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 13/31 | 4,837 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
| 05R/23L | 4,100 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 128.325
- Tower 0700-2300
- 126.825
- Ground
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 126.825
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 121.2
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KRMY Brooks Fld13 nm
- KAZO Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Intl14 nm
- KOEB Branch County Meml24 nm
- KFPK Fitch H Beach25 nm
- KHAI Three Rivers Muni/Dr Haines26 nm
- KIRS Kirsch Muni31 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBTL 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.