KFCM — Flying Cloud
Minneapolis, MN · field elevation 906 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KFCM current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KFCM 100153Z 29007KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01170017
- Wind
- from 290° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 12 °C / dewpoint 2 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Density altitude
- 641 ft · pressure altitude 836 ft
- Observed
- 46 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 290° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 28R | 7 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 28L | 7 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 36 | 2 kt head | 7 kt from the left |
| 18 | 2 kt tail | 7 kt from the right |
| 10L | 7 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
| 10R | 7 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
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
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KFCM — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KFCM — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 44.82751, -93.45857
- Elevation
- 906 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
- 1304Z / 2251Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
- Magnetic variation
- 3°E (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Twin Cities
- County
- Hennepin, MN
Airport diagram
Everything else KFCM publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10R/28L | 5,001 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 10L/28R | 3,901 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
| 18/36 | 2,690 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.9
- Tower RWY 10R/28L · 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
- 119.15
- Tower NORTH · 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
- 125.2
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance WHEN TWR CLSD
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 119.15
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 134.7
Published procedures
- 8 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR/DME
- 8 departures published
- 4 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KFCM airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Minnesota 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.