Ruby Airport (18ME) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 2:53 PM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KIWI), 18ME is currently VFR with variable winds at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Ruby Airport in Bristol, ME, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KIWI): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Ruby Airport (18ME) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Bristol, ME at a field elevation of 216 ft. 18ME has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KIWI, about 10 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (17/35), the longest 1,400 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KRKD.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KIWI, 10.2 nm away.
Wind variable at 4 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 11°C (51°F), altimeter 30.43 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KIWI 281853Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 11/M02 A3043 RMK AO2 SLP304 T01061017 $
What changed at KIWI (nearest station)?
Since the 1753Z (1:53 PM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.45 → 30.43 inHg.
Current pilot readout for 18ME
Based on the nearest station (KIWI), 18ME is currently VFR with variable winds at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -900 ft (field elevation 216 ft). 18ME does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KRKD, about 20 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 variable at 4 kt: light and variable wind like this is generally not a factor for runway selection, and with no steady direction 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1,400 ft | TURF | - | - |
| 35 | 1,400 ft | TURF | - | - |
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18ME 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 17/351,400 × 50 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 18MEWind
- 17
- no steady wind
- 35
- 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→4 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
18ME 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 18ME
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KIWI reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the SW.
Most recent change: LIFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 17
- 86%
- 35
- 14%
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Live crosswind meter
18ME has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KIWI, 10 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
- Unattended
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 18ME
- City
- Bristol
- State
- Maine
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 216 ft
- Coordinates
- 43.8937, -69.4952
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,400 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KIWI
- TAF
- Nearest KRKD
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Sunset in
- 1h 54m
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Pilot PIREPs for Ruby Airport (18ME)
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