Tuscarora Plateau Airport (3NK6) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 6:54 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KDSV), 3NK6 is currently VFR with winds from 130° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Tuscarora Plateau Airport in Tuscarora, NY, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KDSV): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Tuscarora Plateau Airport (3NK6) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Tuscarora, NY at a field elevation of 900 ft. 3NK6 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KDSV, about 9 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (01/19), the longest 1,600 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KROC.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KDSV, 8.5 nm away.
Wind from the southeast (130°) at 5 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, a few clouds at 10,000 ft, temperature 5°C (41°F), altimeter 30.36 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KDSV 281054Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM FEW100 05/01 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP293 T00500011 $
What changed at KDSV (nearest station)?
Since the 0954Z (5:54 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Wind speed down from 10 to 5 kt.
Current pilot readout for 3NK6
Based on the nearest station (KDSV), 3NK6 is currently VFR with winds from 130° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors runway ends 19. Density altitude is approximately -650 ft (field elevation 900 ft). 3NK6 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KROC, about 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19FAV | 1,600 ft | TURF | 2 kt head | 5 kt left |
| 01 | 1,600 ft | TURF | 3 kt tail | 4 kt right |
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3NK6 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 01/191,600 × 65 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 3NK6Wind
- 01
- 3 kt tailwind · 4 kt crosswind from right
- 19
- 2 kt headwind · 5 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 23 h: wind 0→5 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
3NK6 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 3NK6
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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BFD UA /OV BFD180020/TM 1032/FL290/TP B737/TB CONS LGT CHOP OCCNL LGT/RM SMOOTH AT FL270 ZOB
BFD UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV BFD180020Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1032Reported at 10:32 UTC.FL290Altitude: 29,000 ft MSL.TP B737Aircraft type reporting.TB CONS LGT CHOP OCCNL LGTTurbulence: continuous light chop occnl lgt.RM SMOOTH AT FL270 ZOBRemarks.Show raw report
JXN UA /OV KTEB-JXN /TM 0609 /FL360 /TP H25B /WV 23176KT /RM SMOOTH
JXN UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV KTEB-JXNLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 0609Reported at 06:09 UTC.FL360Altitude: 36,000 ft MSL.TP H25BAircraft type reporting.WV 23176KTWind (direction/speed) or wind-shear remarks.RM SMOOTHRemarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 3NK6
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KDSV reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 10,000 ft. Wind most often came from the SE.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 19
- 61%
- 01
- 39%
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Live crosswind meter
3NK6 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KDSV, 8.5 nm away.
Wind is 72° off runway 19, the end with the most headwind right now.
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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
- 3NK6
- City
- Tuscarora
- State
- New York
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 900 ft
- Coordinates
- 42.6370, -77.8839
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,600 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KDSV
- TAF
- Nearest KROC
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Next sunset
- 10h 58m
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Pilot PIREPs for Tuscarora Plateau Airport (3NK6)
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