KEFD — Ellington
Houston, TX · field elevation 33 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KEFD current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KEFD 252354Z 04010KT 10SM CLR 30/15 A2997
- Wind
- from 040° at 10 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 30 °C / dewpoint 15 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,760 ft · pressure altitude -17 ft
- Observed
- 4 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 040° at 10 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 04 | 10 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 35R | 8 kt head | 7 kt from the right |
| 35L | 8 kt head | 7 kt from the right |
| 17L | 8 kt tail | 7 kt from the left |
| 17R | 8 kt tail | 7 kt from the left |
| 22 | 10 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
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
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 18 nm. Last image 4 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KEFD 252000Z 2520/2702 VRB05KT 9999 SCT250 QNH2999INS TX31/2522Z TN23/2612Z
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 29.60733, -95.15875
- Elevation
- 33 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
- 1211Z / 0013Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 5°E (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Houston
- County
- Harris, TX
Airport diagram
Everything else KEFD publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17R/35L | 9,001 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 04/22 | 8,001 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 17L/35R | 4,609 | 75 | CONC | — |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 135.575
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 126.05
- Ground
- 121.6
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 134.45
Published procedures
- 10 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 17 departures published
- 8 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KEFD airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Texas 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.