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KYKM — Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Fld
Yakima, WA · field elevation 1,099 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KYKM current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KYKM 111153Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP142 T01780078 10239 20178 53001
- Wind
- from 280° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 18 °C / dewpoint 8 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,616 ft · pressure altitude 1,039 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 280° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 22 | 3 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 04 | 3 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
| 09 | 4 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KYKM 111120Z 1112/1212 35008KT P6SM SKC FM120200 33012G20KT P6SM FEW250 FM120900 32009KT P6SM FEW250
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 46.56817, -120.54406
- Elevation
- 1,099 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
- 1256Z / 0318Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 16° (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Seattle
- County
- Yakima, WA
Airport diagram
Everything else KYKM publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 7,604 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 04/22 | 3,835 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 125.25
- Tower 0600-2200
- 133.25
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 133.25
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 123.8
Published procedures
- 10 approaches — ILS, LBC, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP), VOR, VOR/DME
- 5 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KELN Bowers Fld28 nm
- KEAT Pangborn Meml52 nm
- KRLD Richland54 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KYKM 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.