Ames Municipal Airport

KAMW · Iowa, United States

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 020° Ames Municipal Airport 1/19
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

4 kt

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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 9,500
METAR KAMW 090153Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM SCT095 16/14 A2959 RMK AO2 WSHFT 0050 LTG DSNT ALQDS RAE46 TSE23B26E41 SLP014 P0009 T01610139

METAR Ames Municipal Airport - KAMW/AMW

Ames Municipal Airport is a midsized airport in Iowa, United States. The airport is located at latitude 41.99263 and longitude -93.62184. The airport has 2 runways: 1/19 and 13/31. The ICAO airport code of this field is KAMW. The local airport ID (FAA LID) of this airport is AMW. The airport's IATA code is AMW. The airport is in the Minneapolis FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Ames Municipal Airport on May 8, 2024 20:53, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 020° with a speed of 4 kt.

Visibility is 10 mi.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 9,500 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 16 °C. The dew point is 14 °C, the relative humidity is 88%. The air pressure at sea level is 29.59 inHg (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:59 and sets at 20:22. This applies to Ames Municipal Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -5 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

On this airport you can find flying schools. Companies on this airport are Central Iowa Air Service and Hap's Air Service.

Experiences

Go to Vliegles.nl to find flying lessons, skydives and other flying experiences. Browse the page for all available activities near Ames Municipal Airport. You can also use the search function to find specific flying lessons, skydives or other flying experiences near your place.

Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
1/19 017°-197° 4 kt 5 %
13/31 136°-316° 4 kt 2 kt 90 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Clouds

9,500 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 16.1 °C
Dewpoint 13.9 °C
Rel. humidity 88%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Remarks

AO2Automatic weather station that can determine the type of precipitation
RAE46Rain ended at 46, ended at
TSE23B26E41Unknown precipitation ended at 23, started at 26
SLP014Sea level pressure is 29.57 inHg (29.57 inHg)
P0009Water equivalent of rainfall since previous observation is 0.09 inch (0.0 mm)
T01610139Temperature is 16.1 °C (61.0 °F), dew point is 13.9 °C (57.0 °F)
WSHFT 0050 LTG DSNT ALQDS

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:59 (8:56h)
Midday
13:10
Sunset
20:22

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