KLOU — Bowman Fld
Louisville, KY · field elevation 546 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KLOU current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KLOU 111153Z 23008KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02670239 10283 20267 56011
- Wind
- from 230° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 27 °C / dewpoint 24 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,965 ft · pressure altitude 466 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 230° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 8 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 15 | 1 kt head | 8 kt from the right |
| 33 | 1 kt tail | 8 kt from the left |
| 06 | 8 kt tail | 1 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
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KLOU — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KLOU — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 38.22798, -85.66375
- Elevation
- 546 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
- 1054Z / 0041Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2200
- Magnetic variation
- -4° (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- St Louis
- County
- Jefferson, KY
Airport diagram
Everything else KLOU publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,358 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
| 15/33 | 3,580 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.15
- Tower 0700-2200
- 119.5
- Ground
- 121.8
- Clearance
- 118.9
- CTAF
- 119.5
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 132.075
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
- 3 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KLOU 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.