Cliff Dow Airport (54ME) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 5:56 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KLEW), 54ME is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Cliff Dow Airport in New Gloucester, ME, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KLEW): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Cliff Dow Airport (54ME) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around New Gloucester, ME at a field elevation of 415 ft. 54ME has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KLEW, about 6 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (05/23), the longest 1,500 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KPWM.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KLEW, 6.2 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature -7°C (20°F), altimeter 30.49 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KLEW 280956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M07/M08 A3049 RMK AO2 SLP337 T10671083 FZRANO
What changed at KLEW (nearest station)?
Since the 0856Z (4:56 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 0856Z (4:56 AM EDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for 54ME
Based on the nearest station (KLEW), 54ME is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -2,800 ft (field elevation 415 ft). 54ME does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KPWM, about 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 1,500 ft | TURF | - | - |
| 23 | 1,500 ft | TURF | - | - |
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54ME 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 05/231,500 × 25 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 54MEWind
- 05
- no steady wind
- 23
- 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 0→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
54ME 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 54ME
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KLEW reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the N.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 05
- 57%
- 23
- 43%
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Live crosswind meter
54ME has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KLEW, 6.2 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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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
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 54ME
- City
- New Gloucester
- State
- Maine
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 415 ft
- Coordinates
- 43.9494, -70.3203
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,500 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KLEW
- TAF
- Nearest KPWM
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Next sunset
- 11h 26m
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Nearby airports
Compare nearby METAR/TAF stations within 25, 50 and 100 NM before departure or arrival.
Within 25 NM
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RC flying fields nearby
AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
- Sky Streakers RC Club - Waterman's Gravel Pit , New Gloucester, ME · 3 mi
- Downeast Soaring Club Inc - Twin Brooks Recreation Area , Cumberland, ME · 12 mi
- Propsnappers Inc 1 , Bridgton, ME · 21 mi
Pilot PIREPs for Cliff Dow Airport (54ME)
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