KSXS — Shell Ahp
Fort Rucker, AL · field elevation 406 ft · ATCT
KSXS current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KSXS 252255Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02550166 $
- Wind
- from 020° at 5 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 17 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,638 ft · pressure altitude 316 ft
- Observed
- 67 minutes ago
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Forecast
No TAF is issued for KSXS — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KSXS — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 31.36267, -85.84938
- Elevation
- 406 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1134Z / 2335Z
- Tower hours
- 1230-0000Z++MON-FRI EXC HOL.
- Magnetic variation
- 3°W (2025)
- Sectional
- New Orleans
- County
- Coffee, AL
Everything else KSXS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H4 | 1,600 | 75 | ASPH | — |
| H5 | 819 | 75 | ASPH | — |
| HA | 100 | 100 | CONC | — |
| HB | 100 | 100 | CONC | — |
| HC | 100 | 100 | CONC | — |
| HD | 100 | 100 | CONC | — |
| HE | 100 | 100 | CONC | — |
| HF | 100 | 100 | CONC | — |
| HG | 100 | 100 | CONC | — |
| HI | 100 | 100 | CONC | — |
Frequencies
- Approach
- 133.45
Nearby airports
- KEDN Enterprise Muni5 nm
- KLOR Lowe Ahp (Fort Rucker)5 nm
- KOZR Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker)9 nm
- KHEY Hanchey Ahp (Fort Rucker)10 nm
- KDHN Dothan Rgnl21 nm
- KTOI Troy Muni At N Kenneth Campbell Fld31 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KSXS airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Alabama 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.