KMKJ — Mountain Empire
Marion/Wytheville, VA · field elevation 2,558 ft · NON-ATCT
KMKJ current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KMKJ 252355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/08 A3017 RMK AO2 T01220077 10197 20122
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 12 °C / dewpoint 8 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,519 ft · pressure altitude 2,308 ft
- Observed
- 8 minutes ago
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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, 36,000–36,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KMKJ — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KMKJ — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 36.89485, -81.34995
- Elevation
- 2,558 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1117Z / 2316Z
- Magnetic variation
- 6°W (1990)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- Cincinnati
- County
- Smyth, VA
Everything else KMKJ publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,252 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.7
- UNICOM
- 122.7
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KJFZ Tazewell County24 nm
- KBLF Mercer County25 nm
- KHLX Twin County26 nm
- KGEV Ashe County28 nm
- KVJI Virginia Highlands35 nm
- KPSK New River Valley35 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KMKJ airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Virginia 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.