Garnett Municipal Airport (K68) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 3:15 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KOWI), K68 is currently VFR with winds from 190° at 20 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Garnett Municipal Airport in Garnett, KS, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KOWI): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Garnett Municipal Airport (K68) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Garnett, KS at a field elevation of 989 ft. K68 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KOWI, about 16 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (01/19), the longest 2,653 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KIXD.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KOWI, 15.8 nm away.
Wind from the south (190°) at 20 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 28°C (82°F), altimeter 30.00 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KOWI 282015Z AUTO 19020KT 10SM CLR 28/15 A3000 RMK A01
What changed at KOWI (nearest station)?
Since the 1955Z (2:55 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Gusts are no longer reported.
Current pilot readout for K68
Based on the nearest station (KOWI), K68 is currently VFR with winds from 190° at 20 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (19). Density altitude is approximately 2,700 ft (field elevation 989 ft). K68 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KIXD, about 37 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 | 2,653 ft | ASPH-G | 20 kt head | 2 kt left |
| 01 | 2,653 ft | ASPH-G | 20 kt tail | 2 kt right |
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K68 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 01/192,653 × 45 ft · ASPH-GCurrent useno stated-runway source at K68Wind
- 01
- 20 kt tailwind · 2 kt crosswind from right
- 19
- 20 kt headwind · 2 kt crosswind from left
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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 24 h: wind 12→20 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
K68 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 K68
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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MCI UA /OV MCI/TM 1448/FL140/TP CRJ7/TB MOD DURC 100-160 MOD TB/RM /ZKC FDC/AF
MCI UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV MCILocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1448Reported at 14:48 UTC.FL140Altitude: 14,000 ft MSL.TP CRJ7Aircraft type reporting.TB MOD DURC 100-160 MOD TBTurbulence: moderate durc 10,000–16,000 ft mod tb.RM /ZKC FDC/AFRemarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at K68
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KOWI reported mostly VFR across 72 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 29 kt, the lowest ceiling was 5,000 ft. 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
- 79%
- 01
- 21%
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Live crosswind meter
K68 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KOWI, 16 nm away.
Wind is 5° off runway 19, the end with the most headwind right now.
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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
- Fuel
- 100LL
- Attended
- Sat - Sun ON CALL local; Mon - Fri 0800 - 1700 local
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Crop dusting · Flight instruction
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- K68
- City
- Garnett
- State
- Kansas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 989 ft
- Coordinates
- 38.2772, -95.2153
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,653 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KOWI
- TAF
- Nearest KIXD
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 3h 5m
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Pilot PIREPs for Garnett Municipal Airport (K68)
Community-submittedCommunity-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.
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