Lake City Municipal Airport - CJ Evans Field (K51J) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 5:35 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KCKI), K51J is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Lake City Municipal Airport - CJ Evans Field in Lake City, SC, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KCKI): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Lake City Municipal Airport - CJ Evans Field (K51J) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Lake City, SC at a field elevation of 80 ft. K51J has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KCKI, about 9 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (01/19), the longest 3,700 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KCKI, 9.3 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 6°C (43°F), altimeter 30.25 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KCKI 280935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/04 A3025 RMK AO2
What changed at KCKI (nearest station)?
Since the 0915Z (5:15 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 0915Z (5:15 AM EDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for K51J
Based on the nearest station (KCKI), K51J is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -1,400 ft (field elevation 80 ft). K51J does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KFLO, about 20 nm away.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 3,700 ft | ASP | - | - |
| 19 | 3,700 ft | ASP | - | - |
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K51J 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 01/193,700 × 75 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at K51JWind
- 01
- no steady wind
- 19
- no steady wind
no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →
“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 0→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
K51J 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.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of K51J
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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FLO UA /OV FLO/TM 0445/FL390/TP A320/TB NEG
FLO UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV FLOLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 0445Reported at 04:45 UTC.FL390Altitude: 39,000 ft MSL.TP A320Aircraft type reporting.TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at K51J
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KCKI 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.
- 01
- 72%
- 19
- 28%
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Live crosswind meter
K51J has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KCKI, 9.3 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 01/19 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
- 51J
- City
- Lake City
- State
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 80 ft
- Coordinates
- 33.8536, -79.7681
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,700 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KCKI
- TAF
- Nearest KFLO
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Next sunset
- 12h 33m
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Pilot PIREPs for Lake City Municipal Airport - CJ Evans Field (K51J)
Community-submittedCommunity-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.
Read recent community-submitted pilot notes for Lake City Municipal Airport - CJ Evans Field, including runway conditions, wildlife activity, FBO/fuel notes, turbulence, ramp access, and local airport tips.
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