KILG — New Castle
Wilmington, DE · field elevation 80 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KILG current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KILG 111151Z 34008KT 10SM FEW045 23/21 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 70013 T02330206 10233 20211 50006 PNO $
- Wind
- from 340° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 21 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,048 ft · pressure altitude 50 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 340° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 7 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 32 | 7 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 27 | 1 kt head | 8 kt from the right |
| 09 | 1 kt tail | 8 kt from the left |
| 14 | 7 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
| 19 | 7 kt tail | 3 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
Pilot reports
3 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 5,000–13,000 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 KILG 111128Z 1112/1212 28006KT P6SM VCSH SCT050 BKN100 FM111700 27008KT P6SM SCT050 FM120200 29005KT P6SM BKN100 FM120800 33005KT P6SM VCSH BKN020
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 39.67871, -75.60663
- Elevation
- 80 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
- 1011Z / 0004Z
- Tower hours
- 0630-2300
- Magnetic variation
- -10° (1980)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Washington
- County
- New Castle, DE
Airport diagram
Everything else KILG publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 7,275 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 01/19 | 7,012 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 14/32 | 4,602 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 123.95
- Tower 0630-2300
- 126.0
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance
- 119.95
- CTAF
- 126.0
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 118.35
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
- 3 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KAPG Phillips AAF (Aberdeen Proving Ground)29 nm
- KMIV Millville Muni31 nm
- KLOM Wings Fld32 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KILG airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Delaware 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.