KPBX — Pike County/Hatcher Fld
Pikeville, KY · field elevation 1,465 ft · NON-ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KPBX current weather
MVFR ceiling 1,000–3,000 ft or visibility 3–5 statute miles
METAR KPBX 111155Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM BKN029 BKN033 25/22 A3011 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE T02510221 10252 20242
- Wind
- from 190° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 2,900 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 25 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,774 ft · pressure altitude 1,275 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 190° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 3 kt head | — |
| 27 | 1 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 09 | 1 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
| 02 | 3 kt tail | — |
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 KPBX — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KPBX — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 37.56181, -82.56643
- Elevation
- 1,465 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1043Z / 0027Z
- Magnetic variation
- -7° (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- Cincinnati
- County
- Pike, KY
Everything else KPBX publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,356 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 02/20 | 3,455 | 75 | ASPH | — |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KSJS Big Sandy Rgnl12 nm
- KLNP Lonesome Pine34 nm
- KCPF Wendell H Ford35 nm
- KJKL Julian Carroll36 nm
- KJFZ Tazewell County47 nm
- KHTS Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Fld48 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KPBX airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Kentucky 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.