KLWS — Lewiston/Nez Perce County
Lewiston, ID · field elevation 1,442 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KLWS current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KLWS 111156Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 16/02 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP142 T01610022 10233 20161 52007
- Wind
- from 160° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 16 °C / dewpoint 2 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,838 ft · pressure altitude 1,382 ft
- Observed
- 17 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 160° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 08 | 1 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 26 | 1 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
| 30 | 3 kt tail | 1 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
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 5 nm. Last image 26 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KLWS 111120Z 1112/1212 19003KT P6SM SKC FM111500 32005KT 6SM HZ FEW250 FM120600 VRB03KT P6SM SCT250
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 46.37450, -117.01540
- Elevation
- 1,442 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
- 1242Z / 0304Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 15° (2010)
- Fuel
- 100,100LL,A
- Sectional
- Seattle
- County
- Nez Perce, ID
Airport diagram
Everything else KLWS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,511 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 12/30 | 5,003 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- Tower 0600-2200
- 119.4
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 119.4
- UNICOM
- 122.95
Published procedures
- 9 approaches — ILS, LS, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KLWS airport diagram or an approach plate
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- 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.