High Point Airport (3KS5) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 8:54 AM CDT, Oct 26, based on the nearest station (KAAO), 3KS5 has no current flight category, but is reporting with calm winds, visibility not reported, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near High Point Airport in Valley Center, KS, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KAAO): conditions and runway crosswinds.
High Point Airport (3KS5) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Valley Center, KS at a field elevation of 1,395 ft. 3KS5 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KAAO, about 8 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (17/35), the longest 2,400 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KICT.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KAAO, 8.4 nm away.
Wind not reported, visibility visibility not reported, no cloud data, altimeter 30.28 inHg.
METAR KAAO 261354Z AUTO A3028 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $
Current pilot readout for 3KS5
Based on the nearest station (KAAO), 3KS5 has no current flight category, but is reporting with calm winds, visibility not reported, and no ceiling reported. 3KS5 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KICT, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 2,400 ft | TURF | - | - |
| 35 | 2,400 ft | TURF | - | - |
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3KS5 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 17/352,400 × 100 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 3KS5Wind
- 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.
3KS5 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 3KS5
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
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Live crosswind meter
3KS5 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KAAO, 8.4 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 17/35 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
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Runway lights
- Sunset to sunrise
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 3KS5
- City
- Valley Center
- State
- Kansas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 1,395 ft
- Coordinates
- 37.8427, -97.3514
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,400 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KAAO
- TAF
- Nearest KICT
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 23h 19m
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Pilot PIREPs for High Point Airport (3KS5)
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