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KHKY — Hickory Rgnl
Hickory, NC · field elevation 1,190 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KHKY current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KHKY 252353Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP161 T01780083 10239 20178 53004
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 18 °C / dewpoint 8 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,641 ft · pressure altitude 1,060 ft
- Observed
- 8 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 36,000–36,000 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 KHKY 252325Z 2600/2624 30005KT P6SM SKC
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 35.74115, -81.38955
- Elevation
- 1,190 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
- 1117Z / 2316Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- 6°W (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Charlotte
- County
- Catawba, NC
Airport diagram
Everything else KHKY publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,401 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- Tower 0700-2100
- 128.15
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 128.15
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KUKF Wilkes County32 nm
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KHKY airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other North Carolina 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.