Turner Field (11CA) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 1:55 PM PDT, Oct 18, based on the nearest station (KFCH), 11CA is currently VFR with winds from 240° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Turner Field in Fowler, CA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KFCH): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Turner Field (11CA) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Fowler, CA at a field elevation of 300 ft. 11CA has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KFCH, about 6 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (07/25), the longest 1,800 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KFAT.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KFCH, 5.9 nm away.
Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 5 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 30°C (86°F), altimeter 29.94 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KFCH 182055Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 30/04 A2994 RMK A01
Current pilot readout for 11CA
Based on the nearest station (KFCH), 11CA is currently VFR with winds from 240° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors runway ends 25. Density altitude is approximately 2,150 ft (field elevation 300 ft). 11CA does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KFAT, about 6 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25FAV | 1,800 ft | TRTD-DIRT | 5 kt head | 1 kt left |
| 07 | 1,800 ft | TRTD-DIRT | 5 kt tail | 1 kt right |
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11CA 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 07/251,800 × 40 ft · TRTD-DIRTCurrent useno stated-runway source at 11CAWind
- 07
- 5 kt tailwind · 1 kt crosswind from right
- 25
- 5 kt headwind · 1 kt crosswind from left
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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.
11CA weather radar
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Live crosswind meter
11CA has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KFCH, 5.9 nm away.
Wind is 10° off runway 25, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
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Airport info
Reference data from the OurAirports dataset.
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 11CA
- City
- Fowler
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 300 ft
- Coordinates
- 36.6733, -119.7220
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,800 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KFCH
- TAF
- Nearest KFAT
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Next sunset
- 15h 58m
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