Russell Field (56ME) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
A current METAR is not available for 56ME right now.
Aviation weather near Russell Field in Easton, ME, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KPQI): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Russell Field (56ME) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Easton, ME at a field elevation of 748 ft. 56ME has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KPQI, about 9 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (16/34), the longest 2,200 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KPQI.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KPQI, 9.1 nm away.
What changed at KPQI (nearest station)?
Since the 1656Z (12:56 PM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.36 → 30.33 inHg.
Current pilot readout for 56ME
A current METAR is not available for 56ME right now. The nearest reporting station is KPQI. Check back shortly, review a nearby reporting station, and always confirm with an official briefing before flight.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2,200 ft | Turf | - | - |
| 34 | 2,200 ft | Turf | - | - |
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56ME 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 16/342,200 × 200 ft · TurfCurrent useno stated-runway source at 56MEWind
- 16
- no steady wind
- 34
- 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 16→9 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
56ME weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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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 56ME
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KPQI reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 17 kt. Wind most often came from the NW.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 34
- 60%
- 16
- 40%
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Runway 16/34 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 56ME
- City
- Easton
- State
- Maine
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 748 ft
- Coordinates
- 46.6264, -67.8439
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,200 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KPQI
- TAF
- Nearest KPQI
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Sunset in
- 2h 48m
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Pilot PIREPs for Russell Field (56ME)
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