Drayton Municipal Airport (D29) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 3:55 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KHCO), D29 is currently IFR with winds from 180° at 15 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 600 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Drayton Municipal Airport in Drayton, ND, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KHCO): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Drayton Municipal Airport (D29) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Drayton, ND at a field elevation of 798 ft. D29 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KHCO, about 12 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (17/35), the longest 2,596 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KGFK.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KHCO, 12.2 nm away.
Wind from the south (180°) at 15 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, overcast at 600 ft, temperature 5°C (41°F), altimeter 29.88 inHg. Conditions are Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), ceiling 600 ft.
METAR KHCO 280855Z AUTO 18015KT 10SM OVC006 05/05 A2988 RMK AO2 CIG 005V007 T00520049 50002 $
What changed at KHCO (nearest station)?
Since the 0835Z (3:35 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 0835Z (3:35 AM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for D29
Based on the nearest station (KHCO), D29 is currently IFR with winds from 180° at 15 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 600 ft ceiling. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (17). Density altitude is approximately -150 ft (field elevation 798 ft). D29 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KGFK, about 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17FAV | 2,596 ft | ASPH-P | 15 kt head | 0 kt |
| 35 | 2,596 ft | ASPH-P | 15 kt tail | 0 kt |
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D29 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 17/352,596 × 60 ft · ASPH-PCurrent useno stated-runway source at D29Wind
- 17
- 15 kt headwind · 0 kt crosswind
- 35
- 15 kt tailwind · 0 kt crosswind
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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.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 24 h: wind 8→15 kt, ceiling 12,000 ft → 600 ft.
D29 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 D29
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KHCO reported a mix of conditions, most often IFR across 72 observations, with 11 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 200 ft. Wind most often came from the E.
Most recent change: MVFR → IFR
Most recent change: MVFR → IFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 17
- 61%
- 35
- 39%
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Live crosswind meter
D29 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KHCO, 12 nm away.
Wind is 0° off runway 17, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 17/35 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
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Crop dusting
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- D29
- City
- Drayton
- State
- North Dakota
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 798 ft
- Coordinates
- 48.6186, -97.1759
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,596 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KHCO
- TAF
- Nearest KGFK
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 14h 8m
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