D Bar C Airport (28ID) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 10:15 AM PDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KGIC), 28ID is currently VFR with winds from 210° at 15 knots gusting 20, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near D Bar C Airport in Dixie, ID, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KGIC): conditions and runway crosswinds.
D Bar C Airport (28ID) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Dixie, ID at a field elevation of 5,629 ft. 28ID has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KGIC, about 39 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (11/29), the longest 895 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KMYL.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KGIC, 38.5 nm away.
Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 15 kt, gusting 20 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 8°C (46°F), altimeter 30.02 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KGIC 281715Z AUTO 21015G20KT 10SM CLR 08/02 A3002 RMK AO2 T00780017
What changed at KGIC (nearest station)?
Since the 1655Z (9:55 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Wind speed up from 9 to 15 kt.
Current pilot readout for 28ID
Based on the nearest station (KGIC), 28ID is currently VFR with winds from 210° at 15 knots gusting 20, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 6,000 ft (field elevation 5,629 ft). 28ID does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KMYL, about 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11FAV | 895 ft | GVL | 0 kt head | 15 kt right (g20) |
| 29 | 895 ft | GVL | 0 kt head | 15 kt left (g20) |
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28ID 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 11/29895 × 75 ft · GVLCurrent useno stated-runway source at 28IDWind
- 11
- 0 kt headwind · 15 kt crosswind from right
- 29
- 0 kt headwind · 15 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.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 24 h: wind 7→15 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
28ID weather radar
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Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of 28ID
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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MSO UA /OV MSO160005/TM 1318/FL123/TP B39M/SK SCT040 BKN085
MSO UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV MSO160005Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1318Reported at 13:18 UTC.FL123Altitude: 12,300 ft MSL.TP B39MAircraft type reporting.SK SCT040 BKN085Sky 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 28ID
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KGIC reported mostly VFR across 69 observations, with 10 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 20 kt, the lowest ceiling was 2,400 ft. Wind most often came from the SW.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 11
- 55%
- 29
- 45%
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Live crosswind meter
28ID has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KGIC, 39 nm away.
Wind is 89° off runway 11, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 11/29 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 28ID
- City
- Dixie
- State
- Idaho
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 5,629 ft
- Coordinates
- 45.5135, -115.4403
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 895 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KGIC
- TAF
- Nearest KMYL
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Sunset in
- 7h 10m
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Nearby airports
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Pilot PIREPs for D Bar C Airport (28ID)
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