KPBX — Pike County/Hatcher Fld
Pikeville, KY · field elevation 1,465 ft · NON-ATCT
KPBX current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KPBX 252335Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM CLR 15/09 A3017 RMK AO2 T01530085
- Wind
- from 030° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 15 °C / dewpoint 9 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,536 ft · pressure altitude 1,215 ft
- Observed
- 25 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 030° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 09 | 2 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 27 | 2 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
| 20 | 4 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 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
- 1122Z / 2321Z
- Magnetic variation
- 7°W (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
- 4 approaches — ILS, 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.