Melanie's Airport (05FA) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 3:58 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (K0J4), 05FA is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Melanie's Airport in Florala, FL, decoded from the nearest reporting station (K0J4): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Melanie's Airport (05FA) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Florala, FL at a field elevation of 295 ft. 05FA has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from K0J4, about 9 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (08/26), the longest 2,950 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KEGI.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station K0J4, 8.8 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 11°C (51°F), altimeter 30.22 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR K0J4 280858Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP230 T01060094 53000
What changed at K0J4 (nearest station)?
Since the 0758Z (2:58 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 0758Z (2:58 AM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for 05FA
Based on the nearest station (K0J4), 05FA is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -550 ft (field elevation 295 ft). 05FA does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KEGI, about 23 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | 2,950 ft | TURF | - | - |
| 26 | 2,950 ft | TURF | - | - |
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05FA runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 08/262,950 × 100 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 05FAWind
- 08
- no steady wind
- 26
- no steady wind
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“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 23 h: wind 0→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
05FA weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
Radar: NOAA/NWS via IEM · Forecast: NOAA HRRR · Lightning: NOAA · Map © Stadia Maps © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap
NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Recent aviation weather trends at 05FA
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station K0J4 reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the NE.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 08
- 97%
- 26
- 3%
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Live crosswind meter
05FA has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from K0J4, 8.8 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Attended
- 24 hours
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 05FA
- City
- Florala
- State
- Florida
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 295 ft
- Coordinates
- 30.9189, -86.2183
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,950 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station K0J4
- TAF
- Nearest KEGI
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 13h 52m
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Pilot PIREPs for Melanie's Airport (05FA)
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