KDBQ — Dubuque Rgnl
Dubuque, IA · field elevation 1,076 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
3 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KDBQ current weather
LIFR ceiling below 500 ft or visibility under 1 statute mile
SPECI KDBQ 111208Z 10010KT 1 1/2SM R36/3000VP6000FT -RA BR OVC002 24/24 A2988 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W P0000 T02390239 $
- Wind
- from 100° at 10 kt
- Visibility
- 1.5 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 200 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 24 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,436 ft · pressure altitude 1,116 ft
- Observed
- 6 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 100° at 10 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 8 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 18 | 2 kt head | 10 kt from the left |
| 36 | 2 kt tail | 10 kt from the right |
| 31 | 8 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
3 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 4,000–37,000 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 KDBQ 111130Z 1112/1212 09004KT 2SM -SHRA FG VCTS SCT020 BKN070CB TEMPO 1112/1116 VRB25G45KT 1SM TSRA BKN015CB FM111600 19009KT 6SM -TSRA BKN040CB FM111900 25008KT P6SM BKN120 FM120700 VRB03KT 3SM BR SCT250
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.40200, -90.70947
- Elevation
- 1,076 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
- 1106Z / 0109Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 3° (1975)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Dubuque, IA
Airport diagram
Everything else KDBQ publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,502 | 100 | CONC | HIGH |
| 18/36 | 6,327 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 127.25
- Tower 0600-2200
- 119.5
- Ground
- 121.8
- CTAF
- 119.5
- UNICOM
- 122.95
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — LD, LE, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KDBQ airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Iowa 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.