Howard Private Airport (5CA8) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 2:15 PM PDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KJAQ), 5CA8 is currently VFR with winds from 290° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Howard Private Airport in Ione, CA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KJAQ): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Howard Private Airport (5CA8) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Ione, CA at a field elevation of 480 ft. 5CA8 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KJAQ, about 10 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (07/25), the longest 1,481 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KSCK.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KJAQ, 9.7 nm away.
Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 3 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 18°C (65°F), altimeter 29.99 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KJAQ 282115Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 18/06 A2999 RMK AO1 T01810061
What changed at KJAQ (nearest station)?
Since the 2055Z (1:55 PM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 2055Z (1:55 PM PDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for 5CA8
Based on the nearest station (KJAQ), 5CA8 is currently VFR with winds from 290° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors west-facing runway ends (25). Density altitude is approximately 900 ft (field elevation 480 ft). 5CA8 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KSCK, about 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25FAV | 1,481 ft | DIRT | 3 kt head | 1 kt right |
| 07 | 1,481 ft | DIRT | 3 kt tail | 1 kt left |
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5CA8 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 07/251,481 × 40 ft · DIRTCurrent useno stated-runway source at 5CA8Wind
- 07
- 3 kt tailwind · 1 kt crosswind from left
- 25
- 3 kt headwind · 1 kt crosswind from right
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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 → unlimited.
5CA8 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 5CA8
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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PVF UA /OV HNW118008 /TM 1927 /FL190 /TP B38M /SK SKC /TA M16 /WV 28522KT /RM PRODUCED BY SKYPATH
PVF UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV HNW118008Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1927Reported at 19:27 UTC.FL190Altitude: 19,000 ft MSL.TP B38MAircraft type reporting.SK SKCSky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.TA M16Outside air temperature, °C.WV 28522KTWind (direction/speed) or wind-shear remarks.RM PRODUCED BY SKYPATHRemarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 5CA8
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KJAQ reported mostly VFR across 51 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the W.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 25
- 85%
- 07
- 15%
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Live crosswind meter
5CA8 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KJAQ, 9.7 nm away.
Wind is 24° off runway 25, 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
- 5CA8
- City
- Ione
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 480 ft
- Coordinates
- 38.2565, -120.9318
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,481 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KJAQ
- TAF
- Nearest KSCK
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Sunset in
- 3h 40m
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Pilot PIREPs for Howard Private Airport (5CA8)
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