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KCRE — Grand Strand
North Myrtle Beach, SC · field elevation 32 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KCRE current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KCRE 111153Z 28005KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP187 7//// T02500228 10250 20239 53009
- Wind
- from 280° at 5 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 25 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.08 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,029 ft · pressure altitude -128 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 280° at 5 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 3 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 05 | 3 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
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 11,000–11,000 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 KCRE 111120Z 1112/1212 25005KT P6SM FEW200 FM111600 21010KT P6SM FEW040
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 33.81175, -78.72394
- Elevation
- 32 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
- 1034Z / 0006Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- -8° (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Charlotte
- County
- Horry, SC
Airport diagram
Everything else KCRE publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,997 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 119.625
- Tower 0700-2100
- 124.6
- Ground
- 121.8
- Clearance
- 121.8
- CTAF
- 124.6
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 119.2
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KMYR Myrtle Beach Intl13 nm
- KHYW Conway-Horry County20 nm
- KCPC Columbus County Rgnl28 nm
- KSUT Cape Fear Rgnl Jetport/Howie Franklin Fld33 nm
- KMAO Marion County38 nm
- KGGE Georgetown County42 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KCRE airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other South Carolina 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.