California Pines Airport (KA24) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 7:55 AM PDT, Oct 27, based on the nearest station (KAAT), KA24 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 9 statute miles, and a 4,700 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near California Pines Airport in Alturas, CA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KAAT): conditions and runway crosswinds.
California Pines Airport (KA24) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Alturas, CA at a field elevation of 4,389 ft. KA24 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KAAT, about 7 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (05/23), the longest 4,159 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KLMT.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KAAT, 6.8 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 9 statute miles, broken clouds at 4,700 ft, overcast at 11,000 ft, temperature -1°C (31°F), altimeter 30.05 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR), ceiling 4,700 ft.
METAR KAAT 271455Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM BKN047 OVC110 M01/M02 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP180 T10061017 58009
What changed at KAAT (nearest station)?
Since the 1355Z (6:55 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1355Z (6:55 AM PDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for KA24
Based on the nearest station (KAAT), KA24 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 9 statute miles, and a 4,700 ft ceiling. Density altitude is approximately 3,400 ft (field elevation 4,389 ft). KA24 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KLMT, about 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 4,159 ft | ASP | - | - |
| 23 | 4,159 ft | ASP | - | - |
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KA24 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 05/234,159 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KA24Wind
- 05
- no steady wind
- 23
- 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 6→0 kt, ceiling 3,700 ft → 4,700 ft.
KA24 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 KA24
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KAAT reported mostly VFR across 26 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 23 kt, the lowest ceiling was 2,900 ft. Wind most often came from the W.
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.
- 23
- 57%
- 05
- 43%
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Live crosswind meter
KA24 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KAAT, 6.8 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 05/23 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
- Pattern altitude
- 5,189 ft MSL (800 AGL)
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- A24
- City
- Alturas
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 4,389 ft
- Coordinates
- 41.4124, -120.6840
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 4,159 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KAAT
- TAF
- Nearest KLMT
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Sunset in
- 9h 30m
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Pilot PIREPs for California Pines Airport (KA24)
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