Young Field (9GA3) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 5:55 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (K16J), 9GA3 is currently VFR with variable winds at 2 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Young Field in Dawson, GA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (K16J): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Young Field (9GA3) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Dawson, GA at a field elevation of 401 ft. 9GA3 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from K16J, about 7 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has 2 physical runways (E, W), the longest 2,600 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KABY.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station K16J, 6.6 nm away.
Wind variable at 2 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, a few clouds at 3,800 ft, temperature 12°C (54°F), altimeter 30.22 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR K16J 280955Z AUTO VRB02KT 10SM FEW038 12/09 A3022 RMK AO2
What changed at K16J (nearest station)?
Since the 0935Z (5:35 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 0935Z (5:35 AM EDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for 9GA3
Based on the nearest station (K16J), 9GA3 is currently VFR with variable winds at 2 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -250 ft (field elevation 401 ft). 9GA3 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KABY, about 24 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is variable at 2 kt: light and variable wind like this is generally not a factor for runway selection, and with no steady direction 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | 2,600 ft | TURF | - | - |
| W | 2,600 ft | TURF | - | - |
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24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 24 h: wind 2→2 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
9GA3 weather radar
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Recent aviation weather trends at 9GA3
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station K16J reported mostly VFR across 72 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the NW.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- E/W
- 100%
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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
- 9GA3
- City
- Dawson
- State
- Georgia
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 401 ft
- Coordinates
- 31.8398, -84.4816
- Runways
- 2 physical runways · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,600 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station K16J
- TAF
- Nearest KABY
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Next sunset
- 12h 42m
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