KIER — Natchitoches Rgnl
Natchitoches, LA · field elevation 121 ft · NON-ATCT
KIER current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KIER 252355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/15 A3001 RMK AO2 T02950151 10324 20288
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 30 °C / dewpoint 15 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,761 ft · pressure altitude 31 ft
- Observed
- 5 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
3 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 9,600–37,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KIER — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KIER — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 31.73570, -93.09916
- Elevation
- 121 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1203Z / 0004Z
- Magnetic variation
- 4°E (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Houston
- County
- Natchitoches, LA
Everything else KIER publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,003 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
| 07/25 | 4,000 | 60 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
- Approach
- 125.4
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — LOC, NDB, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KAEX Alexandria Intl37 nm
- KPOE Maks AAF42 nm
- KESF Esler Rgnl46 nm
- KRSN Ruston Rgnl53 nm
- KBAD Barksdale AFB54 nm
- KMNE Minden56 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KIER airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Louisiana 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.