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KTIW — Tacoma Narrows
Tacoma, WA · field elevation 295 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KTIW current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KTIW 100553Z AUTO 21010KT 10SM CLR 11/10 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 60038 T01110100 10117 20094 51042
- Wind
- from 210° at 10 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 11 °C / dewpoint 10 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Density altitude
- -198 ft · pressure altitude 215 ft
- Observed
- 37 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 210° at 10 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 9 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 35 | 9 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
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
12 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 12 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 2,000–2,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KTIW — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KTIW — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 47.26794, -122.57811
- Elevation
- 295 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
- 1507Z / 0041Z
- Tower hours
- 0800-2000
- Magnetic variation
- 20°E (1990)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Seattle
- County
- Pierce, WA
Airport diagram
Everything else KTIW publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,002 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.05
- Tower 0800-2000
- 118.5
- Ground
- 121.8
- CTAF
- 118.5
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 120.1
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KTCM Mcchord Fld (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord)9 nm
- KGRF Gray AAF (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord)11 nm
- KPWT Bremerton Ntl15 nm
- KSEA Seattle-Tacoma Intl15 nm
- KPLU Pierce County/Thun Fld15 nm
- KBFI Boeing Fld/King County Intl19 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KTIW 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.