Beaver Creek Airport (51ME) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 12:53 PM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KAUG), 51ME is currently VFR with variable winds at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Beaver Creek Airport in Chesterville, ME, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KAUG): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Beaver Creek Airport (51ME) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Chesterville, ME at a field elevation of 600 ft. 51ME has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KAUG, about 16 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (17/35), the longest 3,000 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KAUG.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KAUG, 16.1 nm away.
Wind variable at 4 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 8°C (47°F), altimeter 30.46 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KAUG 281653Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 08/M06 A3046 RMK AO2 SLP318 T00831056 $
What changed at KAUG (nearest station)?
Since the 1553Z (11:53 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.48 → 30.46 inHg.
Current pilot readout for 51ME
Based on the nearest station (KAUG), 51ME is currently VFR with variable winds at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -750 ft (field elevation 600 ft). Review the latest TAF below for forecast changes before departure.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is variable at 4 kt: light and variable wind like this is generally not a factor for runway selection, and with no steady direction 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 | 3,000 ft | Turf | - | - |
| 35 | 3,000 ft | Turf | - | - |
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51ME 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 17/353,000 × 80 ft · TurfCurrent useno stated-runway source at 51MEWind
- 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.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 23 h: wind 5→4 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
51ME 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 51ME
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KAUG reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the NW.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 35
- 81%
- 17
- 19%
TAF | Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
Issued 1720Z (1:20 PM EDT)
TAF KAUG 281720Z 2818/2918 21005KT P6SM SCT200
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Live crosswind meter
51ME has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KAUG, 16 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
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 51ME
- City
- Chesterville
- State
- Maine
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 600 ft
- Coordinates
- 44.5039, -70.0718
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,000 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KAUG
- TAF
- Nearest KAUG
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Sunset in
- 4h 5m
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Pilot PIREPs for Beaver Creek Airport (51ME)
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