Suggs Field (18NR) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 3:56 PM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KISO), 18NR is currently VFR with winds from 040° at 10 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 3,200 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Suggs Field in Kinston, NC, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KISO): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Suggs Field (18NR) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Kinston, NC at a field elevation of 85 ft. 18NR has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KISO, about 2 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (15/33), the longest 2,100 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KISO.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KISO, 2.4 nm away.
Wind from the northeast (040°) at 10 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, broken clouds at 3,200 ft, temperature 23°C (73°F), altimeter 30.28 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR), ceiling 3,200 ft.
METAR KISO 281956Z 04010KT 10SM BKN032 23/15 A3028
What changed at KISO (nearest station)?
Since the 1856Z (2:56 PM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.30 → 30.28 inHg.
Current pilot readout for 18NR
Based on the nearest station (KISO), 18NR is currently VFR with winds from 040° at 10 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 3,200 ft ceiling. the wind favors northwest-facing runway ends (33). Density altitude is approximately 600 ft (field elevation 85 ft). 18NR does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KISO, about 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33FAV | 2,100 ft | Turf | 2 kt head | 10 kt right |
| 15 | 2,100 ft | Turf | 2 kt tail | 10 kt left |
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18NR 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 15/332,100 × 40 ft · TurfCurrent useno stated-runway source at 18NRWind
- 15
- 2 kt tailwind · 10 kt crosswind from left
- 33
- 2 kt headwind · 10 kt crosswind from right
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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 9→10 kt, ceiling unlimited → 3,200 ft.
18NR weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of 18NR
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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EWN UA /OV EWN/TM 1607/FL008/TP EC45/SK BKN020/WX 10SM HZ
EWN UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV EWNLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1607Reported at 16:07 UTC.FL008Altitude: 800 ft MSL.TP EC45Aircraft type reporting.SK BKN020Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.WX 10SM HZWeather and flight visibility observed.Show raw report
RDU UA /OV RDU 230/12/TM 1442/FL5200/TP A319/SK BASES 5200
RDU UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV RDU 230/12Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1442Reported at 14:42 UTC.FL5200Altitude: 52,000 ft MSL.TP A319Aircraft type reporting.SK BASES 5200Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 18NR
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KISO reported a mix of conditions, most often VFR across 40 observations, with 4 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 15 kt, the lowest ceiling was 300 ft. Wind most often came from the NE.
Most recent change: IFR → VFR
Most recent change: IFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 33
- 62%
- 15
- 38%
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Live crosswind meter
18NR has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KISO, 2.4 nm away.
Wind is 78° off runway 33, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 15/33 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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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
- 18NR
- City
- Kinston
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 85 ft
- Coordinates
- 35.3649, -77.6354
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,100 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KISO
- TAF
- Nearest KISO
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Sunset in
- 1h 56m
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Pilot PIREPs for Suggs Field (18NR)
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