KIWA — Mesa Gateway
Phoenix, AZ · field elevation 1,384 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KIWA current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KIWA 252347Z 25008KT 10SM FEW130 32/13 A2989 RMK LTG DSNT E
- Wind
- from 250° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 32 °C / dewpoint 13 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Density altitude
- 3,766 ft · pressure altitude 1,414 ft
- Observed
- 12 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 250° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 30C | 3 kt head | 7 kt from the left |
| 30R | 3 kt head | 7 kt from the left |
| 30L | 3 kt head | 7 kt from the left |
| 12C | 3 kt tail | 7 kt from the right |
| 12L | 3 kt tail | 7 kt from the right |
| 12R | 3 kt tail | 7 kt from the right |
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
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KIWA 252333Z 2600/2624 27007KT P6SM FEW100 FM260500 12005KT P6SM FEW250 FM262000 26007KT P6SM SCT250
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 33.30782, -111.65546
- Elevation
- 1,384 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
- 1317Z / 0119Z
- Tower hours
- 0500-2400
- Magnetic variation
- 13°E (1980)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Phoenix
- County
- Maricopa, AZ
Airport diagram
Everything else KIWA publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12R/30L | 10,401 | 150 | CONC | MED |
| 12C/30C | 10,201 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| 12L/30R | 9,300 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 133.5
- Tower 0500-2400
- 120.6
- Ground
- 128.25
- Clearance
- 135.05
- CTAF
- 120.6
- Approach
- 124.9
Published procedures
- 8 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 10 departures published
- 5 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KIWA airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Arizona 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.