KWLD — Strother Fld
Winfield/Arkansas City, KS · field elevation 1,160 ft · NON-ATCT
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KWLD current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KWLD 111154Z AUTO 18010KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02610189 10300 20256 51001 $
- Wind
- from 180° at 10 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 19 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,690 ft · pressure altitude 1,110 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 180° at 10 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 10 kt head | — |
| 13 | 8 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| 31 | 8 kt tail | 6 kt from the left |
| 35 | 10 kt tail | — |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KWLD — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KWLD — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 37.16861, -97.03753
- Elevation
- 1,160 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1141Z / 0125Z
- Magnetic variation
- 6° (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Wichita
- County
- Cowley, KS
Everything else KWLD publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,506 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 13/31 | 3,137 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KEGT Wellington Muni19 nm
- KPNC Ponca City Rgnl26 nm
- KIAB Mc Connell AFB29 nm
- KBEC Beech Factory33 nm
- KICT Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl35 nm
- KAAO Colonel James Jabara36 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KWLD airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Kansas 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.