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KPSC — Tri-Cities
Pasco, WA · field elevation 410 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KPSC current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KPSC 111153Z AUTO 01003KT 9SM CLR 14/11 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP140 T01440111 10261 20133 53009
- Wind
- from 010° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 11 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Density altitude
- 398 ft · pressure altitude 380 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 010° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 03L | 2 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 03R | 2 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 30 | 2 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 12 | 2 kt tail | 2 kt from the left |
| 21R | 2 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
| 21L | 2 kt tail | 2 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
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KPSC 111120Z 1112/1212 VRB06KT P6SM FEW250
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 46.26495, -119.11940
- Elevation
- 410 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
- 1251Z / 0312Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 15° (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Seattle
- County
- Franklin, WA
Airport diagram
Everything else KPSC publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03L/21R | 7,707 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 12/30 | 7,704 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
| 03R/21L | 4,423 | 75 | ASPH | — |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 125.65
- Tower 0600-2200
- 135.3
- Ground
- 121.8
- Clearance
- 120.0
- CTAF
- 135.3
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach NORTH & WEST
- 128.75
- Approach EAST & SOUTH
- 133.15
Published procedures
- 12 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP), VOR
- 2 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KPSC airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Washington 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.