Tailwheel Airport (6OR4) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 5:55 AM PDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KS39), 6OR4 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 6,000 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Tailwheel Airport in Prineville, OR, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KS39): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Tailwheel Airport (6OR4) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Prineville, OR at a field elevation of 3,130 ft. 6OR4 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KS39, about 5 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (12/30), the longest 1,700 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KRDM.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KS39, 4.8 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, broken clouds at 6,000 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft, temperature 2°C (36°F), altimeter 30.02 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR), ceiling 6,000 ft.
METAR KS39 281255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN060 OVC070 02/M01 A3002 RMK AO2
What changed at KS39 (nearest station)?
Since the 1255Z (5:55 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1255Z (5:55 AM PDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for 6OR4
Based on the nearest station (KS39), 6OR4 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 6,000 ft ceiling. Density altitude is approximately 2,200 ft (field elevation 3,130 ft). 6OR4 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KRDM, about 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1,700 ft | TURF | - | - |
| 30 | 1,700 ft | TURF | - | - |
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6OR4 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 12/301,700 × 100 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 6OR4Wind
- 12
- no steady wind
- 30
- 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 24 h: wind 0→0 kt, ceiling 5,000 ft → 6,500 ft.
6OR4 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 6OR4
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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DLS UA /OV LTJ220017/TM 1256/FL133/TP E75L/SK TOP133/TB LGT CHOP/RM ZSE
DLS UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV LTJ220017Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1256Reported at 12:56 UTC.FL133Altitude: 13,300 ft MSL.TP E75LAircraft type reporting.SK TOP133Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.TB LGT CHOPTurbulence: light chop.RM ZSERemarks.Show raw report
DLS UA /OV LTJ204015/TM 1221/FL240/TP A306/TB LGT CHOP/RM DURD HHOOD ARR-ZSE
DLS UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV LTJ204015Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1221Reported at 12:21 UTC.FL240Altitude: 24,000 ft MSL.TP A306Aircraft type reporting.TB LGT CHOPTurbulence: light chop.RM DURD HHOOD ARR-ZSERemarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 6OR4
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KS39 reported mostly VFR across 71 observations, with 6 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 14 kt, the lowest ceiling was 2,100 ft. Wind most often came from the S.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 30
- 54%
- 12
- 46%
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Live crosswind meter
6OR4 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KS39, 4.8 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
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 6OR4
- City
- Prineville
- State
- Oregon
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 3,130 ft
- Coordinates
- 44.2732, -120.7947
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,700 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KS39
- TAF
- Nearest KRDM
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Next sunset
- 11h 41m
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Pilot PIREPs for Tailwheel Airport (6OR4)
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