Airports › New Mexico › KCAO
KCAO — Clayton Muni Airpark
Clayton, NM · field elevation 4,970 ft · NON-ATCT
KCAO current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KCAO 111155Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 20/08 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02000083 10228 20200 55005
- Wind
- from 240° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 20 °C / dewpoint 8 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Density altitude
- 6,473 ft · pressure altitude 4,760 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 240° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 6 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 30 | 2 kt head | 7 kt from the left |
| 12 | 2 kt tail | 7 kt from the right |
| 02 | 6 kt tail | 3 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
No TAF is issued for KCAO — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KCAO — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 36.44629, -103.14993
- Elevation
- 4,970 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1207Z / 0148Z
- Magnetic variation
- 9° (2005)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Wichita
- County
- Union, NM
Everything else KCAO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 6,307 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
| 12/30 | 4,105 | 60 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KDHT Dalhart Muni39 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KCAO airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other New Mexico 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.