KMWA — Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois
Marion, IL · field elevation 472 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KMWA current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KMWA 101015Z AUTO 23002KT 10SM CLR 10/04 A3011 RMK AO2
- Wind
- from 230° at 2 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 10 °C / dewpoint 4 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- -246 ft · pressure altitude 282 ft
- Observed
- 35 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 230° at 2 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 2 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 29 | 1 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 11 | 1 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
| 02 | 2 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
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 KMWA — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KMWA — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 37.75497, -89.01108
- Elevation
- 472 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
- 1231Z / 2248Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-1900
- Magnetic variation
- 1°E (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- St Louis
- County
- Williamson, IL
Airport diagram
Everything else KMWA publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 8,012 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 11/29 | 4,997 | 100 | ASPH-CONC | MED |
Frequencies
- Tower 0700-1900
- 128.4
- Ground
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 128.4
- UNICOM
- 122.95
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KMDH Southern Illinois12 nm
- KHSB Harrisburg-Raleigh22 nm
- KMVN Mount Vernon35 nm
- KSAR Sparta Community-Hunter Fld40 nm
- KPCD Perryville Rgnl41 nm
- KCGI Cape Girardeau Rgnl41 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KMWA 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.