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KDCA — Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl
Washington, DC · field elevation 14 ft · Class B airspace · ATCT
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KDCA current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KDCA 111156Z 00000KT 10SM BKN110 23/19 A2988
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 11,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 19 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,017 ft · pressure altitude 54 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
5 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 3,000–21,000 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 KDCA 111139Z 1112/1218 36005KT P6SM -RA OVC110 FM111600 31008KT P6SM SCT050 BKN250 PROB30 1120/1123 3SM TSRA OVC020CB FM120000 24006KT P6SM SCT030 OVC080 FM120300 30007KT 6SM -SHRA OVC050 FM120600 26007KT P6SM BKN050 OVC090 FM121300 32008KT P6SM SCT060 BKN120
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 38.85144, -77.03772
- Elevation
- 14 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class B
An ATC clearance is required before you enter.
The words matter: being told “stand by” is not a clearance, and neither is being given a squawk. You need “cleared into the Class Bravo”. Mode C is required within 30 nm of the primary airport — the veil — whether or not you enter the Bravo itself, and the VFR weather minimum is 3 statute miles and clear of clouds, because ATC is separating everyone inside.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1018Z / 0008Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- -11° (2020)
- Fuel
- A
- Sectional
- Washington
- County
- Arlington, DC
Airport diagram
Everything else KDCA publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 7,169 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 15/33 | 5,204 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
| 04/22 | 5,000 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
| 19X | — | — | — | — |
Frequencies
- D-ATIS
- 132.65
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 119.1
- Tower HELICOPTERS · Continuous (24 hours)
- 121.275
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance
- 128.25
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach WEST/SOUTH
- 119.85
- Approach EAST
- 124.2
- Departure WEST
- 118.95
- Departure EAST
- 125.65
Published procedures
- 8 approaches — DD, ILS, LD, LDA, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 10 departures published
- 9 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KADW Joint Base Andrews8 nm
- KCGS College Park9 nm
- KDAA Davison AAF11 nm
- KFME Fort Meade Exec19 nm
- KGAI Montgomery County Airpark20 nm
- KIAD Washington Dulles Intl21 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KDCA airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other District of Columbia 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.