Hillside Airport (63K) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 3:53 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KOJC), 63K is currently VFR with winds from 190° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 11,000 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Hillside Airport in Stilwell, KS, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KOJC): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Hillside Airport (63K) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Stilwell, KS at a field elevation of 1,025 ft. 63K has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KOJC, about 6 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (17/35), the longest 2,000 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KIXD.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KOJC, 6.2 nm away.
Wind from the south (190°) at 5 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, broken clouds at 11,000 ft, temperature 17°C (62°F), altimeter 30.11 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR), ceiling 11,000 ft.
METAR KOJC 280853Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM BKN110 17/11 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01670111 50001
What changed at KOJC (nearest station)?
Since the 0753Z (2:53 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- A ceiling formed at 11,000 ft.
Current pilot readout for 63K
Based on the nearest station (KOJC), 63K is currently VFR with winds from 190° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 11,000 ft ceiling. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (17). Density altitude is approximately 1,250 ft (field elevation 1,025 ft). 63K does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KIXD, about 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17FAV | 2,000 ft | TURF-GRVL-F | 5 kt head | 1 kt right |
| 35 | 2,000 ft | TURF-GRVL-F | 5 kt tail | 1 kt left |
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63K 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 17/352,000 × 56 ft · TURF-GRVL-FCurrent useno stated-runway source at 63KWind
- 17
- 5 kt headwind · 1 kt crosswind from right
- 35
- 5 kt tailwind · 1 kt crosswind from left
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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 3→5 kt, ceiling unlimited → 11,000 ft.
63K 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 63K
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KOJC reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 4,500 ft. Wind most often came from the S.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 17
- 74%
- 35
- 26%
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Live crosswind meter
63K has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KOJC, 6.2 nm away.
Wind is 10° off runway 17, the end with the most headwind right now.
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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
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 63K
- City
- Stilwell
- State
- Kansas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 1,025 ft
- Coordinates
- 38.8211, -94.6097
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,000 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KOJC
- TAF
- Nearest KIXD
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 14h 14m
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Pilot PIREPs for Hillside Airport (63K)
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