Twin City Airport (K5J9) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 5:35 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KCPC), K5J9 is currently MVFR with winds from 040° at 5 knots, visibility 5 statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Twin City Airport in Loris, SC, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KCPC): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Twin City Airport (K5J9) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Loris, SC at a field elevation of 99 ft. K5J9 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KCPC, about 13 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (08/26), the longest 3,694 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KCPC, 13.3 nm away.
Wind from the northeast (040°) at 5 kt, visibility 5 statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 11°C (52°F), altimeter 30.29 inHg. Conditions are Marginal VFR (MVFR).
METAR KCPC 280935Z AUTO 04005KT 5SM BR CLR 11/10 A3029 RMK AO2
What changed at KCPC (nearest station)?
Since the 0915Z (5:15 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Flight category dropped from VFR to MVFR.
- Visibility dropped from 8 SM to 5 SM.
- Mist began (BR).
Current pilot readout for K5J9
Based on the nearest station (KCPC), K5J9 is currently MVFR with winds from 040° at 5 knots, visibility 5 statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors east-facing runway ends (08). Density altitude is approximately -800 ft (field elevation 99 ft). K5J9 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KCRE, about 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08FAV | 3,694 ft | ASP | 4 kt head | 3 kt left |
| 26 | 3,694 ft | ASP | 4 kt tail | 3 kt right |
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K5J9 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 08/263,694 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at K5J9Wind
- 08
- 4 kt headwind · 3 kt crosswind from left
- 26
- 4 kt tailwind · 3 kt crosswind from right
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 1→5 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
K5J9 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 K5J9
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 K5J9
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KCPC reported mostly VFR across 70 observations, with 3 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the NE.
Most recent change: VFR → MVFR
Most recent change: VFR → MVFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 08
- 77%
- 26
- 23%
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Live crosswind meter
K5J9 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KCPC, 13 nm away.
Wind is 34° off runway 08, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 08/26 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
- Repairs
- Airframe & engine, major
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Flight instruction
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 5J9
- City
- Loris
- State
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 99 ft
- Coordinates
- 34.0884, -78.8649
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,694 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KCPC
- TAF
- Nearest KCRE
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Next sunset
- 12h 30m
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Pilot PIREPs for Twin City Airport (K5J9)
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