Dury Estates Airport (IL71) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 11:52 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KMDH), IL71 is currently VFR with winds from 190° at 8 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Dury Estates Airport in De Soto, IL, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KMDH): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Dury Estates Airport (IL71) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around De Soto, IL at a field elevation of 395 ft. IL71 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KMDH, about 5 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (01/19), the longest 2,509 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KMVN.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KMDH, 5.3 nm away.
Wind from the south (190°) at 8 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 24°C (76°F), altimeter 30.25 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KMDH 281652Z 19008KT 10SM CLR 24/10 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP243 T02440100
What changed at KMDH (nearest station)?
Since the 1552Z (10:52 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Wind direction moved from 160° to 190°.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.27 → 30.25 inHg.
Current pilot readout for IL71
Based on the nearest station (KMDH), IL71 is currently VFR with winds from 190° at 8 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (19). Density altitude is approximately 1,200 ft (field elevation 395 ft). IL71 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KMVN, about 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19FAV | 2,509 ft | TURF | 8 kt head | 0 kt |
| 01 | 2,509 ft | TURF | 8 kt tail | 1 kt left |
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IL71 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 01/192,509 × 200 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at IL71Wind
- 01
- 8 kt tailwind · 1 kt crosswind from left
- 19
- 8 kt headwind · 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 23 h: wind 7→8 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
IL71 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.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of IL71
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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EVV UA /OV PXV/TM 1222/FL240/TP PC12/SK SKC/TB NEG/IC NEG
EVV UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV PXVLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1222Reported at 12:22 UTC.FL240Altitude: 24,000 ft MSL.TP PC12Aircraft type reporting.SK SKCSky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.IC NEGIcing: none reported.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at IL71
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KMDH reported mostly VFR across 25 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the S.
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.
- 19
- 56%
- 01
- 44%
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Live crosswind meter
IL71 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KMDH, 5.3 nm away.
Wind is 0° off runway 19, 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
- IL71
- City
- De Soto
- State
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 395 ft
- Coordinates
- 37.8192, -89.1522
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,509 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KMDH
- TAF
- Nearest KMVN
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 5h 39m
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Pilot PIREPs for Dury Estates Airport (IL71)
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