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KSNS — Salinas Muni
Salinas, CA · field elevation 84 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KSNS current weather
IFR ceiling 500–1,000 ft or visibility 1–3 statute miles
METAR KSNS 111153Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM HZ OVC009 16/13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP149 T01560133 10161 20156 57005
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 900 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 16 °C / dewpoint 13 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Density altitude
- 138 ft · pressure altitude 54 ft
- Observed
- 24 minutes ago
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 15 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KSNS 111121Z 1112/1212 32008KT P6SM OVC010 TEMPO 1112/1116 OVC009 FM111800 30010KT P6SM BKN012 FM112000 31014KT P6SM SKC FM120200 32011KT 5SM BR OVC008
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 36.66241, -121.60715
- Elevation
- 84 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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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
- 1321Z / 0302Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-1900 OCT-MAR; 0500-1900 APR-SEP
- Magnetic variation
- 13° (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, LS, RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KRHV Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara County42 nm
- KSJC Norman Y Mineta San Jose Intl45 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KSNS airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other California 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.