Slack Airport (18PA) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 11:54 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KDYL), 18PA is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Slack Airport in Forest Grove, PA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KDYL): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Slack Airport (18PA) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Forest Grove, PA at a field elevation of 275 ft. 18PA has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KDYL, about 3 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (14/32), the longest 1,850 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KTTN.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KDYL, 2.7 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 14°C (58°F), altimeter 30.45 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KDYL 281554Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/05 A3045 RMK AO2 SLP312 T01440050
What changed at KDYL (nearest station)?
Since the 1654Z (12:54 PM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.42 → 30.40 inHg.
Current pilot readout for 18PA
Based on the nearest station (KDYL), 18PA is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -400 ft (field elevation 275 ft). 18PA does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KTTN, about 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1,850 ft | TURF | - | - |
| 32 | 1,850 ft | TURF | - | - |
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18PA 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 14/321,850 × 100 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 18PAWind
- 14
- no steady wind
- 32
- no steady wind
no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →
“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 3→3 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
18PA 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 18PA
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KDYL 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.
- 32
- 71%
- 14
- 29%
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Live crosswind meter
18PA has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KDYL, 2.7 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
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 18PA
- City
- Forest Grove
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 275 ft
- Coordinates
- 40.3001, -75.0829
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,850 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KDYL
- TAF
- Nearest KTTN
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Sunset in
- 4h 6m
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Pilot PIREPs for Slack Airport (18PA)
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