Dauphin Island Airport (K4R9) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
A current METAR is not available for K4R9 right now.
Aviation weather near Dauphin Island Airport in Dauphin Island, AL, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KCQF): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Dauphin Island Airport (K4R9) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Dauphin Island, AL at a field elevation of 5 ft. K4R9 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KCQF, about 18 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (12/30), the longest 3,000 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KBFM.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KCQF, 17.7 nm away.
What changed at KCQF (nearest station)?
Since the 0915Z (4:15 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 0915Z (4:15 AM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for K4R9
A current METAR is not available for K4R9 right now. The nearest reporting station is KCQF. Check back shortly, review a nearby reporting station, and always confirm with an official briefing before flight.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 3,000 ft | ASP | - | - |
| 30 | 3,000 ft | ASP | - | - |
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K4R9 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 12/303,000 × 80 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at K4R9Wind
- 12
- no steady wind
- 30
- no steady wind
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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 3→5 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
K4R9 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 K4R9
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KCQF reported mostly VFR across 71 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the NE.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 12
- 85%
- 30
- 15%
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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
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 4R9
- City
- Dauphin Island
- State
- Alabama
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 5 ft
- Coordinates
- 30.2605, -88.1275
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,000 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KCQF
- TAF
- Nearest KBFM
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 13h 11m
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Nearby airports
Compare nearby METAR/TAF stations within 25, 50 and 100 NM before departure or arrival.
Within 25 NM
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25–50 NM
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50–100 NM
7 airports+1 more within 100 NM
RC flying fields nearby
AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
- Azalea City Model Aeronautics - Irvington Field , Irvington, AL · 17 mi
- Bay Area RC Society BARCS - Magnolia Landfill , Summerdale, AL · 26 mi
- South Alabama RC Modelers - S Cedar St , Foley, AL · 27 mi
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Pilot PIREPs for Dauphin Island Airport (K4R9)
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