KPDC — Prairie Du Chien Muni
Prairie Du Chien, WI · field elevation 660 ft · NON-ATCT
3 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KPDC current weather
IFR ceiling 500–1,000 ft or visibility 1–3 statute miles
METAR KPDC 111155Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM OVC009 23/23 A2989 RMK AO2 T02310226 10238 20226
- Wind
- from 070° at 5 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 900 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,815 ft · pressure altitude 690 ft
- Observed
- 17 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 070° at 5 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 4 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 14 | 2 kt head | 5 kt from the left |
| 32 | 2 kt tail | 5 kt from the right |
| 29 | 4 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 4,000–6,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KPDC — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KPDC — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 43.01929, -91.12373
- Elevation
- 660 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1106Z / 0112Z
- Magnetic variation
- 0° (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Crawford, WI
Everything else KPDC publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,000 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
| 11/29 | 3,999 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
Published procedures
- 3 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KOVS Boscobel21 nm
- KDEH Decorah Muni31 nm
- KPVB Platteville Muni36 nm
- KDBQ Dubuque Rgnl41 nm
- KOLZ Oelwein Muni42 nm
- KLNR Tri-County Rgnl43 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KPDC airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Wisconsin 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.