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KOWD — Norwood Meml
Norwood, MA · field elevation 49 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KOWD current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KOWD 252353Z 04009G15KT 10SM -RA FEW120 16/09 A3008 RMK AO2 PK WND 03030/2320 SLP185 P0001 60001 T01560089 10183 20156 55003
- Wind
- from 040° at 9 kt, gusting 15 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 16 °C / dewpoint 9 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.08 inHg
- Density altitude
- -66 ft · pressure altitude -111 ft
- Observed
- 7 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 040° at 9 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 6 kt head | 7 kt from the left |
| 35 | 4 kt head | 8 kt from the right |
| 17 | 4 kt tail | 8 kt from the left |
| 28 | 6 kt tail | 7 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
Pilot reports
7 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 500–39,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KOWD — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KOWD — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.19052, -71.17293
- Elevation
- 49 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
- 1036Z / 2235Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2000 1 NOV - 30 APR, 0700-2200 1 MAY - 31 OCT
- Magnetic variation
- 15°W (1980)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A,A+
- Sectional
- New York
- County
- Norfolk, MA
Airport diagram
Everything else KOWD publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,007 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
| 10/28 | 3,995 | 75 | ASPH | — |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 119.95
- Tower 0700-2000 1 NOV - 30 APR, 0700-2200 1 MAY - 31 OCT
- 126.0
- Ground
- 121.8
- Clearance
- 121.8
- CTAF
- 126.0
- Approach
- 124.1
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KOWD airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Massachusetts 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.