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KTCM — Mcchord Fld (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord)
Tacoma, WA · field elevation 322 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KTCM current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
SPECI KTCM 111140Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW005 FEW050 14/12 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP195 $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 12 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Density altitude
- 57 ft · pressure altitude 142 ft
- Observed
- 33 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
12 within 20 nm, closest 8 nm. Last image 24 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 KTCM 110500Z 1105/1211 27005KT 9999 FEW050 QNH3010INS BECMG 1110/1111 25005KT 9999 BKN015 OVC025 QNH3011INS BECMG 1111/1112 24005KT 9999 BKN008 OVC015 QNH3011INS BECMG 1116/1117 25005KT 9999 BKN015 OVC020 QNH3012INS BECMG 1118/1119 26005KT 9999 SCT020 QNH3004INS BECMG 1201/1202 30005KT 9999 BKN050 QNH3005INS BECMG 1207/1208 25005KT 9999 BKN015 QNH3006INS BECMG 1209/1210 23005KT 9999 BKN007 OVC015 QNH3006INS TX26/1201Z TN13/1112Z
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 47.13768, -122.47647
- Elevation
- 322 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
- 1302Z / 0327Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 15° (2020)
- Sectional
- Seattle
- County
- Pierce, WA
Airport diagram
Everything else KTCM publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 10,108 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| 162/342 | 3,000 | 60 | ASPH | — |
Frequencies
- D-ATIS
- 135.825
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 124.8
- Ground
- 118.175
- Approach
- 126.5
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — LG, LS
- 1 departure published
- 6 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KGRF Gray AAF (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord)6 nm
- KPLU Pierce County/Thun Fld8 nm
- KTIW Tacoma Narrows9 nm
- KSEA Seattle-Tacoma Intl20 nm
- KOLM Olympia Rgnl20 nm
- KRNT Renton Muni24 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KTCM 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.