Salado Airport (73TA) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 1:56 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KILE), 73TA has no current flight category, but is reporting with winds from 140° at 9 knots, visibility not reported, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Salado Airport in Salado, TX, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KILE): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Salado Airport (73TA) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Salado, TX at a field elevation of 689 ft. 73TA has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KILE, about 12 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (02/20), the longest 3,494 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KGRK.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KILE, 12.4 nm away.
Wind from the southeast (140°) at 9 kt, visibility visibility not reported, a few clouds at 2,900 ft, altimeter 30.14 inHg.
METAR KILE 281856Z AUTO 14009KT FEW029 A3014 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $
What changed at KILE (nearest station)?
Since the 1829Z (1:29 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.16 → 30.14 inHg.
Current pilot readout for 73TA
Based on the nearest station (KILE), 73TA has no current flight category, but is reporting with winds from 140° at 9 knots, visibility not reported, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors runway ends 20. 73TA does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KGRK, about 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20FAV | 3,494 ft | TURF-DIRT-F | 5 kt head | 8 kt left |
| 02 | 3,494 ft | TURF-DIRT-F | 5 kt tail | 8 kt right |
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73TA 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 02/203,494 × 40 ft · TURF-DIRT-FCurrent useno stated-runway source at 73TAWind
- 02
- 5 kt tailwind · 8 kt crosswind from right
- 20
- 5 kt headwind · 8 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 8→9 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
73TA 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 73TA
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KILE reported a mix of conditions, most often marginal VFR across 41 observations, with 7 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 500 ft. Wind most often came from the S.
Most recent change: IFR → MVFR
Most recent change: IFR → MVFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 20
- 60%
- 02
- 40%
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Live crosswind meter
73TA has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KILE, 12 nm away.
Wind is 59° off runway 20, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 02/20 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
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 2TX
- City
- Salado
- State
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 689 ft
- Coordinates
- 30.9207, -97.5405
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,494 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KILE
- TAF
- Nearest KGRK
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 4h 25m
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Pilot PIREPs for Salado Airport (73TA)
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