KIOB — Mount Sterling/Montgomery County
Mount Sterling, KY · field elevation 1,020 ft · NON-ATCT
KIOB current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KIOB 111155Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3007 RMK AO2 PWINO
- Wind
- from 240° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 25 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,262 ft · pressure altitude 870 ft
- Observed
- 18 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 240° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 6 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 03 | 6 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 30,000–30,000 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 KIOB 111136Z 1112/1212 23006KT P6SM SCT040 TEMPO 1115/1119 4SM -TSRA BKN040CB FM111900 23007KT P6SM SCT040 BKN100 PROB30 1119/1124 4SM -TSRA BKN040CB FM120000 VRB04KT P6SM SCT040 BKN070 PROB30 1204/1210 4SM TSRA BKN025CB BKN040
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 38.05813, -83.97957
- Elevation
- 1,020 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1048Z / 0034Z
- Magnetic variation
- -6° (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- Cincinnati
- County
- Montgomery, KY
Everything else KIOB publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,000 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- Approach
- 120.15
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KSYM Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A Thomas Rgnl21 nm
- KLEX Blue Grass30 nm
- KRGA Central Kentucky Rgnl31 nm
- KFGX Fleming-Mason31 nm
- KJKL Julian Carroll42 nm
- KFFT Capital City44 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KIOB 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.