KOPL — St Landry Parish
Opelousas, LA · field elevation 74 ft · NON-ATCT
KOPL current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KOPL 252335Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A2999 RMK AO2 T02900174
- Wind
- from 040° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 29 °C / dewpoint 17 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,669 ft · pressure altitude 4 ft
- Observed
- 27 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 040° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 06 | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 36 | 3 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 18 | 3 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
| 24 | 4 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
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 KOPL — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KOPL — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 30.55840, -92.09938
- Elevation
- 74 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1159Z / 0000Z
- Magnetic variation
- 1°E (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- Houston
- County
- St Landry, LA
Everything else KOPL publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,999 | 100 | CONC | MED |
| 06/24 | 4,051 | 100 | CONC | — |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 123.0
- UNICOM
- 123.0
- Approach
- 128.7
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KLFT Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Fld22 nm
- KMKV Marksville Muni32 nm
- KACP Allen Parish33 nm
- KARA Acadiana Rgnl33 nm
- KHZR False River Rgnl33 nm
- KIYA Abbeville Chris Crusta Meml35 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KOPL airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Louisiana 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.