Taylor Ranch Airport (9TA8) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 9:56 AM CDT, Oct 16, based on the nearest station (KOCH), 9TA8 is currently MVFR with winds from 340° at 10 knots gusting 19, visibility not reported, and a 2,400 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Taylor Ranch Airport in Alto, TX, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KOCH): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Taylor Ranch Airport (9TA8) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Alto, TX at a field elevation of 270 ft. 9TA8 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KOCH, about 15 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (15/33), the longest 2,000 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KLFK.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KOCH, 15.1 nm away.
Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 10 kt, gusting 19 kt, visibility visibility not reported, overcast at 2,400 ft, temperature 19°C (67°F), altimeter 30.27 inHg. Conditions are Marginal VFR (MVFR), ceiling 2,400 ft.
METAR KOCH 161456Z AUTO 34010G19KT OVC024 19/14 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP253 T01940139 53024 PWINO TSNO RVRNO $
Current pilot readout for 9TA8
Based on the nearest station (KOCH), 9TA8 is currently MVFR with winds from 340° at 10 knots gusting 19, visibility not reported, and a 2,400 ft ceiling. the wind favors north-facing runway ends (33). Density altitude is approximately 450 ft (field elevation 270 ft). 9TA8 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KLFK, about 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33FAV | 2,000 ft | TURF | 9 kt head | 3 kt left (g6) |
| 15 | 2,000 ft | TURF | 10 kt tail | 1 kt left (g2) |
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9TA8 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 15/332,000 × 60 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 9TA8Wind
- 15
- 10 kt tailwind · 1 kt crosswind from left
- 33
- 9 kt headwind · 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.
9TA8 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 9TA8
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Live crosswind meter
9TA8 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KOCH, 15 nm away.
Wind is 20° off runway 33, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Attended
- Unattended
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 9TA8
- City
- Alto
- State
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 270 ft
- Coordinates
- 31.6841, -94.9772
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,000 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KOCH
- TAF
- Nearest KLFK
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 14h 24m
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Pilot PIREPs for Taylor Ranch Airport (9TA8)
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