Bent Oak Airport (96AL) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
A current METAR is not available for 96AL right now.
Aviation weather near Bent Oak Airport in Bay Minette, AL, decoded from the nearest reporting station (K1R8): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Bent Oak Airport (96AL) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Bay Minette, AL at a field elevation of 87 ft. 96AL has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from K1R8, about 4 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (18/36), the longest 1,400 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KBFM.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station K1R8, 4.4 nm away.
What changed at K1R8 (nearest station)?
Since the 1850Z (1:50 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1850Z (1:50 PM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for 96AL
A current METAR is not available for 96AL right now. The nearest reporting station is K1R8. Check back shortly, review a nearby reporting station, and always confirm with an official briefing before flight.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1,400 ft | Turf | - | - |
| 36 | 1,400 ft | Turf | - | - |
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96AL 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 18/361,400 × 200 ft · TurfCurrent useno stated-runway source at 96ALWind
- 18
- no steady wind
- 36
- 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 24 h: wind 6→4 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
96AL 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 96AL
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station K1R8 reported mostly VFR across 49 observations, with 6 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 14 kt, the lowest ceiling was 2,700 ft. Wind most often came from the E.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 36
- 78%
- 18
- 22%
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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
- 96AL
- City
- Bay Minette
- State
- Alabama
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 87 ft
- Coordinates
- 30.8277, -87.8892
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,400 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station K1R8
- TAF
- Nearest KBFM
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 3h 38m
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Nearby airports
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RC flying fields nearby
AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
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Pilot PIREPs for Bent Oak Airport (96AL)
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