Tradewater Airport (8M7) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 2:15 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (K2I0), 8M7 is currently VFR with winds from 240° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Tradewater Airport in Dawson Springs, KY, decoded from the nearest reporting station (K2I0): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Tradewater Airport (8M7) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Dawson Springs, KY at a field elevation of 405 ft. 8M7 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from K2I0, about 17 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (18/36), the longest 2,875 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KHOP.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station K2I0, 16.7 nm away.
Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 3 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 25°C (77°F), altimeter 30.23 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR K2I0 281915Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 25/08 A3023 RMK AO2 T02510084
Current pilot readout for 8M7
Based on the nearest station (K2I0), 8M7 is currently VFR with winds from 240° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (18). Density altitude is approximately 1,350 ft (field elevation 405 ft). 8M7 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KHOP, about 32 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 | 2,875 ft | TURF-G | 1 kt head | 3 kt right |
| 36 | 2,875 ft | TURF-G | 1 kt tail | 3 kt left |
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8M7 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 18/362,875 × 80 ft · TURF-GCurrent useno stated-runway source at 8M7Wind
- 18
- 1 kt headwind · 3 kt crosswind from right
- 36
- 1 kt tailwind · 3 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.
8M7 weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of 8M7
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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ARP UAL1366 3553N 08816W 1816 F360 255/046KT TB OCNL LGT CHOP IC
ARP UAL1366 3553N 08816W 181…Header: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 8M7
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
History is still being collected. Check back in a few days.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 18
- 54%
- 36
- 46%
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Live crosswind meter
8M7 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from K2I0, 17 nm away.
Wind is 68° 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
- Attended
- Unattended
- Transient parking
- Hangars
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 8M7
- City
- Dawson Springs
- State
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 405 ft
- Coordinates
- 37.1859, -87.6750
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,875 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station K2I0
- TAF
- Nearest KHOP
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 3h 33m
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Pilot PIREPs for Tradewater Airport (8M7)
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