KNTU — Oceana NAS (Apollo Soucek Fld)
Virginia Beach, VA · field elevation 22 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-RATCF
KNTU current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KNTU 111156Z 25007KT 10SM SCT100 BKN250 24/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP150 70015 T02390217 10239 20228 50002
- Wind
- from 250° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 25,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,022 ft · pressure altitude -28 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 250° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 23R | 6 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 23L | 6 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 32R | 3 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 32L | 3 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 14L | 3 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 14R | 3 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 05L | 6 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
| 05R | 6 kt tail | 3 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
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 29,000–29,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KNTU 110700Z 1107/1207 VRB06KT 9999 SCT050 SCT250 QNH2995INS BECMG 1116/1118 14008KT 9999 VCTS SCT030CB BKN200 QNH2982INS TEMPO 1122/1203 VRB20G35KT 3200 TSRA BKN030CB OVC250 BECMG 1204/1206 VRB06KT 9999 NSW SCT0030 BKN050 BKN200 QNH2981INS TX33/1119Z TN25/1111Z FN00324
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 36.82275, -76.03189
- Elevation
- 22 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
- 1018Z / 0000Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- -10° (1990)
- Sectional
- Washington
- County
- Virginia Beach, VA
Airport diagram
Everything else KNTU publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05R/23L | 12,001 | 200 | PEM | HIGH |
| 14L/32R | 8,001 | 150 | PEM | HIGH |
| 05L/23R | 8,000 | 150 | PEM | HIGH |
| 14R/32L | 8,000 | 200 | PEM | HIGH |
Frequencies
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 127.075
- Ground
- 119.6
- Approach
- 123.9
Published procedures
- 2 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KNTU 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.