KEKY — Bessemer Ntl
Bessemer, AL · field elevation 700 ft · NON-ATCT
KEKY current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KEKY 111156Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP186 T02440233 10256 20228 53013 $
- Wind
- from 210° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.16 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,684 ft · pressure altitude 460 ft
- Observed
- 22 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 210° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 05 | 3 kt tail | 1 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
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KEKY — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KEKY — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 33.31261, -86.92631
- Elevation
- 700 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1108Z / 0038Z
- Magnetic variation
- -3° (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A,A+
- Sectional
- Atlanta
- County
- Jefferson, AL
Everything else KEKY publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,007 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- Clearance
- 123.75
- CTAF
- 123.0
- UNICOM
- 123.0
- Approach
- 124.9
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KEET Shelby County11 nm
- KBHM Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl17 nm
- KSCD Merkel Fld Sylacauga Muni32 nm
- KTCL Tuscaloosa Ntl35 nm
- KPLR St Clair County37 nm
- KJFX Walker County/Bevill Fld40 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KEKY airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Alabama 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.