Shelter Cove Airport (K0Q5) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 9:10 AM PDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KFOT), K0Q5 is currently LIFR with winds from 140° at 6 knots, visibility 1.5 statute miles, and a 300 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Shelter Cove Airport in Shelter Cove, CA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KFOT): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Shelter Cove Airport (K0Q5) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Shelter Cove, CA at a field elevation of 73 ft. K0Q5 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KFOT, about 32 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (12/30), the longest 3,407 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KFOT, 31.7 nm away.
Wind from the southeast (140°) at 6 kt, visibility 1.5 statute miles, overcast at 300 ft, temperature 5°C (41°F), altimeter 30.14 inHg. Conditions are Low IFR (LIFR), ceiling 300 ft.
METAR KFOT 281610Z AUTO 14006KT 1 1/2SM OVC003 05/05 A3014 RMK AO1
What changed at KFOT (nearest station)?
Since the 1525Z (8:25 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Visibility dropped from 8 SM to 1.5 SM.
Current pilot readout for K0Q5
Based on the nearest station (KFOT), K0Q5 is currently LIFR with winds from 140° at 6 knots, visibility 1.5 statute miles, and a 300 ft ceiling. the wind favors southeast-facing runway ends (12). Density altitude is approximately -1,400 ft (field elevation 73 ft). K0Q5 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KACV, about 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12FAV | 3,407 ft | ASPH-F | 6 kt head | 0 kt |
| 30 | 3,407 ft | ASPH-F | 6 kt tail | 0 kt |
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K0Q5 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 12/303,407 × 60 ft · ASPH-FCurrent useno stated-runway source at K0Q5Wind
- 12
- 6 kt headwind · 0 kt crosswind
- 30
- 6 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 23 h: wind 5→6 kt, ceiling 2,700 ft → 300 ft.
K0Q5 weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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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 K0Q5
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KFOT reported mostly VFR across 48 observations, with 12 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 17 kt, the lowest ceiling was 300 ft. Wind most often came from the SE.
Most recent change: VFR → LIFR
Most recent change: VFR → LIFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 30
- 68%
- 12
- 32%
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Live crosswind meter
K0Q5 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KFOT, 32 nm away.
Wind is 1° off runway 12, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 12/30 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
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 0Q5
- City
- Shelter Cove
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 73 ft
- Coordinates
- 40.0282, -124.0743
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,407 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KFOT
- TAF
- Nearest KACV
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Sunset in
- 8h 52m
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