KMVN — Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon, IL · field elevation 480 ft · NON-ATCT
KMVN current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KMVN 111156Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02560228 10261 20244 53002 $
- Wind
- from 210° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,742 ft · pressure altitude 390 ft
- Observed
- 22 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 210° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 8 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 15 | 4 kt head | 7 kt from the right |
| 33 | 4 kt tail | 7 kt from the left |
| 05 | 8 kt tail | 3 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
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KMVN 111120Z 1112/1212 21008KT P6SM SCT150 FM111800 21014G22KT P6SM FEW035 FM120000 21004KT P6SM FEW150
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 38.32336, -88.85850
- Elevation
- 480 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1107Z / 0054Z
- Magnetic variation
- -1° (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- St Louis
- County
- Jefferson, IL
Airport diagram
Everything else KMVN publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,496 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 15/33 | 3,146 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
| H1 | 80 | 40 | CONC | PERI |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 123.0
- UNICOM
- 123.0
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KENL Centralia Muni16 nm
- KSLO Salem-Leckrone20 nm
- KFWC Fairfield Muni21 nm
- KFOA Flora Muni28 nm
- KHSB Harrisburg-Raleigh34 nm
- KMWA Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois35 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KMVN airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Illinois 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.