Bladenboro Airport (3W6) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 5:55 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KEYF), 3W6 is currently IFR with winds from 020° at 3 knots, visibility 5 statute miles, and a 500 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Bladenboro Airport in Bladenboro, NC, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KEYF): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Bladenboro Airport (3W6) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Bladenboro, NC at a field elevation of 116 ft. 3W6 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KEYF, about 10 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (02/20), the longest 2,850 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KLBT.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KEYF, 10.4 nm away.
Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 3 kt, visibility 5 statute miles, broken clouds at 500 ft, temperature 11°C (51°F), altimeter 30.28 inHg. Conditions are Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), ceiling 500 ft.
METAR KEYF 280955Z AUTO 02003KT 5SM BR BKN005 11/11 A3028 RMK AO2 T01080106
What changed at KEYF (nearest station)?
Since the 0935Z (5:35 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Flight category dropped from MVFR to IFR.
- A ceiling formed at 500 ft.
Current pilot readout for 3W6
Based on the nearest station (KEYF), 3W6 is currently IFR with winds from 020° at 3 knots, visibility 5 statute miles, and a 500 ft ceiling. the wind favors runway ends 02. Density altitude is approximately -800 ft (field elevation 116 ft). 3W6 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KLBT, about 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02FAV | 2,850 ft | TURF-F | 3 kt head | 0 kt |
| 20 | 2,850 ft | TURF-F | 3 kt tail | 0 kt |
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3W6 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 02/202,850 × 135 ft · TURF-FCurrent useno stated-runway source at 3W6Wind
- 02
- 3 kt headwind · 0 kt crosswind
- 20
- 3 kt tailwind · 0 kt crosswind
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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 3→3 kt, ceiling unlimited → 500 ft.
3W6 weather radar
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Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of 3W6
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
Show raw report
RDU UA /OV RDU050001/TM 0907/FL015/TP B738/SK TOP OF FOG LAYER 009
RDU UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV RDU050001Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 0907Reported at 09:07 UTC.FL015Altitude: 1,500 ft MSL.TP B738Aircraft type reporting.SK TOP OF FOG LAYER 009Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.Show raw report
FLO UA /OV FLO/TM 0445/FL390/TP A320/TB NEG
FLO UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV FLOLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 0445Reported at 04:45 UTC.FL390Altitude: 39,000 ft MSL.TP A320Aircraft type reporting.TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 3W6
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KEYF reported mostly VFR across 72 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 500 ft. Wind most often came from the N.
Most recent change: MVFR → IFR
Most recent change: VFR → IFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 02
- 66%
- 20
- 34%
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Live crosswind meter
3W6 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KEYF, 10 nm away.
Wind is 1° off runway 02, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 02/20 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
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 3W6
- City
- Bladenboro
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 116 ft
- Coordinates
- 34.5429, -78.7781
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,850 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KEYF
- TAF
- Nearest KLBT
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Next sunset
- 12h 14m
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Pilot PIREPs for Bladenboro Airport (3W6)
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