Buttermilk Air Strip (81XA) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 10:16 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KILE), 81XA is currently IFR with winds from 180° at 5 knots, visibility not reported, and a 800 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Buttermilk Air Strip in Florence, TX, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KILE): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Buttermilk Air Strip (81XA) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Florence, TX at a field elevation of 1,016 ft. 81XA 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 (16/34), the longest 4,165 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KGRK.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KILE, 12.1 nm away.
Wind from the south (180°) at 5 kt, visibility visibility not reported, broken clouds at 800 ft, altimeter 30.20 inHg. Conditions are Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), ceiling 800 ft.
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Current pilot readout for 81XA
Based on the nearest station (KILE), 81XA is currently IFR with winds from 180° at 5 knots, visibility not reported, and a 800 ft ceiling. the wind favors runway ends 16. 81XA does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KGRK, about 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16FAV | 4,165 ft | Turf | 5 kt head | 2 kt right |
| 34 | 4,165 ft | Turf | 5 kt tail | 2 kt left |
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81XA 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 16/344,165 × 60 ft · TurfCurrent useno stated-runway source at 81XAWind
- 16
- 5 kt headwind · 2 kt crosswind from right
- 34
- 5 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.
81XA 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 81XA
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
History is still being collected. Check back in a few days.
Most recent change: MVFR → IFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 16
- 65%
- 34
- 35%
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Live crosswind meter
81XA has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KILE, 12 nm away.
Wind is 20° off runway 16, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 16/34 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
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 81XA
- City
- Florence
- State
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 1,016 ft
- Coordinates
- 30.8860, -97.7202
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 4,165 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KILE
- TAF
- Nearest KGRK
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 8h 23m
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Pilot PIREPs for Buttermilk Air Strip (81XA)
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