Roanoke Municipal Airport (K7A5) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 2:35 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KLGC), K7A5 is currently VFR with winds from 070° at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Roanoke Municipal Airport in Roanoke, AL, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KLGC): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Roanoke Municipal Airport (K7A5) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Roanoke, AL at a field elevation of 907 ft. K7A5 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KLGC, about 17 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (12/30), the longest 3,561 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KLGC, 16.6 nm away.
Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 4 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 23°C (73°F), altimeter 30.24 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KLGC 281935Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 23/07 A3024 RMK AO2
What changed at KLGC (nearest station)?
Since the 1915Z (2:15 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1915Z (2:15 PM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for K7A5
Based on the nearest station (KLGC), K7A5 is currently VFR with winds from 070° at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors runway ends 12. Density altitude is approximately 1,700 ft (field elevation 907 ft). K7A5 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KCSG, about 43 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 | 3,561 ft | ASP | 3 kt head | 3 kt left |
| 30 | 3,561 ft | ASP | 3 kt tail | 3 kt right |
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K7A5 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 12/303,561 × 80 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at K7A5Wind
- 12
- 3 kt headwind · 3 kt crosswind from left
- 30
- 3 kt tailwind · 3 kt crosswind from right
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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 0→4 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
K7A5 weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of K7A5
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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GAD UA /OV GAD/TM 1500/FL300/TP A321/TB CONS LGT-MOD CHOP 260-300/RM DURC ZTLFD 03
GAD UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV GADLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1500Reported at 15:00 UTC.FL300Altitude: 30,000 ft MSL.TP A321Aircraft type reporting.TB CONS LGT-MOD CHOP 260-300Turbulence: continuous light to moderate chop 26,000–30,000 ft.RM DURC ZTLFD 03Remarks.Show raw report
GAD UA /OV GAD/TM 1457/FL260/TP B737/TB CONS LGT-MOD CHOP 260-300/RM DURC ZTLFD 03
GAD UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV GADLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1457Reported at 14:57 UTC.FL260Altitude: 26,000 ft MSL.TP B737Aircraft type reporting.TB CONS LGT-MOD CHOP 260-300Turbulence: continuous light to moderate chop 26,000–30,000 ft.RM DURC ZTLFD 03Remarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at K7A5
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KLGC reported mostly VFR across 70 observations, with 8 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 500 ft. Wind most often came from the E.
Most recent change: LIFR → VFR
Most recent change: IFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 30
- 53%
- 12
- 47%
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Live crosswind meter
K7A5 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KLGC, 17 nm away.
Wind is 43° 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
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Runway lights
- Sunset to sunrise
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 7A5
- City
- Roanoke
- State
- Alabama
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 907 ft
- Coordinates
- 33.1296, -85.3721
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,561 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KLGC
- TAF
- Nearest KCSG
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 3h 13m
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Pilot PIREPs for Roanoke Municipal Airport (K7A5)
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