KBTL — Battle Creek Exec At Kellogg Fld
Battle Creek, MI · field elevation 952 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBTL current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBTL 252253Z 06004KT 10SM CLR 17/08 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP255 T01720083
- Wind
- from 060° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 8 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.28 inHg
- Density altitude
- 992 ft · pressure altitude 592 ft
- Observed
- 63 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 060° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 05L | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 05R | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 13 | 2 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 31 | 2 kt tail | 4 kt from the right |
| 23R | 4 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
| 23L | 4 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
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
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 27,000–34,000 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 252320Z 2600/2624 05006KT P6SM SCT150
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
- 1132Z / 2333Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 4°W (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
- 5 approaches — ILS, LOC, 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.