KILG — New Castle
Wilmington, DE · field elevation 80 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KILG current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KILG 252351Z 02019G27KT 10SM CLR 21/02 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 01027/2335 SLP147 T02060022 10228 20206 56002 PNO $
- Wind
- from 020° at 19 kt, gusting 27 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 2 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Density altitude
- 702 ft · pressure altitude 30 ft
- Observed
- 8 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 020° at 19 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 18 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 09 | 10 kt head | 16 kt from the left |
| 32 | 7 kt head | 18 kt from the right |
| 14 | 7 kt tail | 18 kt from the left |
| 27 | 10 kt tail | 16 kt from the right |
| 19 | 18 kt tail | 5 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
Pilot reports
4 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 1,000–1,500 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 252328Z 2600/2624 36015G25KT P6SM SCT050 BKN200 FM261000 01018G30KT P6SM BKN060 WS020/02045KT FM261600 36020G34KT 4SM -RA BR OVC025 WS020/01045KT FM262000 35025G35KT 6SM -RA BR OVC015
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
- 1053Z / 2254Z
- Tower hours
- 0630-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 10°W (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
- 6 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 3 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KOQN Brandywine Rgnl19 nm
- KPHL Philadelphia Intl20 nm
- KMQS Chester County G O Carlson22 nm
- 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.