PHBK — Barking Sands Pmrf
Kekaha,Kauai, HI · field elevation 23 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
PHBK current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PHBK 252351Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02940206 10300 20267 58025
- Wind
- from 240° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 29 °C / dewpoint 21 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,801 ft · pressure altitude 73 ft
- Observed
- 9 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 240° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| 34 | 2 kt tail | 6 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
18 within 20 nm, closest 7 nm. Last image 3 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 5,000–5,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for PHBK — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for PHBK — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 22.02277, -159.78507
- Elevation
- 23 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
- 1629Z / 0431Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-1800 MON-FRI EXC HOL, OT BY OPE NEC ONLY.
- Magnetic variation
- 10°E (2010)
- Sectional
- Hawaiian Islands
- County
- Kauai, HI
Airport diagram
Everything else PHBK publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,002 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 128.0
- Tower 0700-1800 MON-FRI EXC HOL, OT BY OPE NEC ONLY.
- 126.2
- Ground
- 124.2
- UNICOM
- 122.8
Nearby airports
- PHLI Lihue25 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PHBK airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Hawaii 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.