Diamond C Airport (71AR) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 10:56 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KSLG), 71AR has no current flight category, but is reporting with winds from 190° at 10 knots, visibility not reported, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Diamond C Airport in Gentry, AR, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KSLG): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Diamond C Airport (71AR) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Gentry, AR at a field elevation of 1,270 ft. 71AR has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KSLG, about 6 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (18/36), the longest 1,910 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KXNA.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KSLG, 5.5 nm away.
Wind from the south (190°) at 10 kt, visibility visibility not reported, no cloud data, temperature 22°C (72°F), altimeter 30.22 inHg.
METAR KSLG 281556Z AUTO 19010KT CLR 22/12 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP227 T02220117 PWINO $
What changed at KSLG (nearest station)?
Since the 1456Z (9:56 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Wind speed up from 4 to 10 kt.
Current pilot readout for 71AR
Based on the nearest station (KSLG), 71AR has no current flight category, but is reporting with winds from 190° at 10 knots, visibility not reported, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (18). Density altitude is approximately 2,050 ft (field elevation 1,270 ft). 71AR does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KXNA, about 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18FAV | 1,910 ft | Turf | 10 kt head | 2 kt right |
| 36 | 1,910 ft | Turf | 10 kt tail | 2 kt left |
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71AR 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 18/361,910 × 30 ft · TurfCurrent useno stated-runway source at 71ARWind
- 18
- 10 kt headwind · 2 kt crosswind from right
- 36
- 10 kt tailwind · 2 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 14→10 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
71AR 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 71AR
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KSLG reported varied conditions across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 21 kt. Wind most often came from the SE.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 18
- 74%
- 36
- 26%
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Live crosswind meter
71AR has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KSLG, 5.5 nm away.
Wind is 10° off runway 18, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 18/36 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
- 71AR
- City
- Gentry
- State
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 1,270 ft
- Coordinates
- 36.2826, -94.4738
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,910 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KSLG
- TAF
- Nearest KXNA
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 7h 11m
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Pilot PIREPs for Diamond C Airport (71AR)
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