KLEX — Blue Grass
Lexington, KY · field elevation 980 ft · Class C airspace · ATCT-TRACON
KLEX current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KLEX 111154Z 22007KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP163 60000 T02560228 10256 20244 55007
- Wind
- from 220° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,309 ft · pressure altitude 850 ft
- Observed
- 18 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 220° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 7 kt head | — |
| 27 | 5 kt head | 5 kt from the left |
| 09 | 5 kt tail | 5 kt from the right |
| 04 | 7 kt tail | — |
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 KLEX 111120Z 1112/1212 23007KT P6SM SCT250 FM111400 24011KT P6SM FEW060 BKN200 FM111700 24013G22KT P6SM FEW060 BKN200 FM120000 24010KT P6SM FEW060 BKN150 PROB30 1200/1205 2SM -TSRA BKN025CB
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 38.03674, -84.60862
- Elevation
- 980 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class C
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter.
Established means they answered you by callsign. “Aircraft calling, stand by” is not established and you stay out; “Cessna 12345, stand by” is, and you may enter. Mode C is required within the lateral limits and above them to 10,000 ft MSL. VFR traffic gets sequencing and traffic advisories, not separation.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1050Z / 0037Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- -4° (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Cincinnati
- County
- Fayette, KY
Airport diagram
Everything else KLEX publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,004 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 09/27 | 4,000 | 75 | CONC | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 126.3
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 119.1
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 132.35
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach 040-220
- 120.15
- Approach 221-039
- 120.75
- Approach 040-220
- 133.4
Published procedures
- 11 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KLEX 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.