Amargosa Airport (70CL) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 5:53 AM PDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KDRA), 70CL is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Amargosa Airport in Death Valley Junction, CA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KDRA): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Amargosa Airport (70CL) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Death Valley Junction, CA at a field elevation of 2,037 ft. 70CL has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KDRA, about 27 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (17/35), the longest 1,625 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KINS.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KDRA, 27.2 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 12°C (53°F), altimeter 29.96 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KDRA 281253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/01 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP115 T01170011
What changed at KDRA (nearest station)?
Since the 1153Z (4:53 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1153Z (4:53 AM PDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for 70CL
Based on the nearest station (KDRA), 70CL is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 2,100 ft (field elevation 2,037 ft). 70CL does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KINS, about 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1,625 ft | DIRT | - | - |
| 35 | 1,625 ft | DIRT | - | - |
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70CL 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 17/351,625 × 50 ft · DIRTCurrent useno stated-runway source at 70CLWind
- 17
- no steady wind
- 35
- no steady wind
no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →
“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.
70CL 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 70CL
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KDRA reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 30 kt. Wind most often came from the S.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 35
- 60%
- 17
- 40%
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Live crosswind meter
70CL has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KDRA, 27 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
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Airport info
Reference data from the OurAirports dataset.
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 70CL
- City
- Death Valley Junction
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 2,037 ft
- Coordinates
- 36.2958, -116.4260
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,625 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KDRA
- TAF
- Nearest KINS
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Next sunset
- 11h 41m
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Pilot PIREPs for Amargosa Airport (70CL)
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