KHVC — Hopkinsville-Christian County
Hopkinsville, KY · field elevation 564 ft · NON-ATCT
KHVC current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KHVC 111155Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3008 RMK A01
- Wind
- from 190° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.08 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,568 ft · pressure altitude 404 ft
- Observed
- 17 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 190° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | 1 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 08 | 1 kt tail | 4 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 KHVC — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KHVC — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 36.85697, -87.45508
- Elevation
- 564 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1104Z / 0046Z
- Magnetic variation
- -1° (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- St Louis
- County
- Christian, KY
Everything else KHVC publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,505 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
- Approach
- 118.1
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KHOP Campbell AAF (Fort Campbell)11 nm
- KCKV Outlaw Fld14 nm
- KEOD Sabre AAF (Fort Campbell)17 nm
- KGDA Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Rgnl43 nm
- KCEY Kyle-Oakley Fld46 nm
- KTWT Sturgis Muni48 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KHVC airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Kentucky 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.