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KSNS — Salinas Muni
Salinas, CA · field elevation 84 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KSNS current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KSNS 100253Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP201 T01720150 53014
- Wind
- from 050° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 15 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Density altitude
- 143 ft · pressure altitude -96 ft
- Observed
- 24 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 050° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 08 | 2 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 31 | — | 3 kt from the right |
| 13 | — | 3 kt from the left |
| 26 | 2 kt tail | 2 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
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 16 nm. Last image 8 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KSNS 100011Z 1000/1024 29009KT P6SM BKN250 FM100800 11004KT P6SM SCT010 FM102000 35005KT P6SM SKC
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 36.66241, -121.60715
- Elevation
- 84 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
- 1439Z / 0101Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-1900 OCT-MAR; 0500-1900 APR-SEP
- Magnetic variation
- 13°E (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- San Francisco
- County
- Monterey, CA
Airport diagram
Everything else KSNS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,004 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
| 13/31 | 4,825 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| H1 | 90 | 90 | ASPH-CONC | FLD |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.85
- Tower 0600-1900 OCT-MAR; 0500-1900 APR-SEP
- 119.525
- Ground
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 119.525
- UNICOM
- 123.0
- Approach 001-135 MRY
- 133.0
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KSNS airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other California airports
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- 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.