Sells Airport (KE78) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 11:47 AM MST, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KRYN), KE78 is currently VFR with winds from 220° at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Sells Airport in Sells, AZ, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KRYN): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Sells Airport (KE78) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Sells, AZ at a field elevation of 2,409 ft. KE78 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KRYN, about 39 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (04/22), the longest 5,830 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KRYN, 38.7 nm away.
Wind from the southwest (220°) at 4 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 28°C (82°F), altimeter 30.01 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KRYN 281847Z 22004KT 10SM CLR 28/02 A3001
What changed at KRYN (nearest station)?
Since the 1745Z (10:45 AM MST) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.03 → 30.01 inHg.
Current pilot readout for KE78
Based on the nearest station (KRYN), KE78 is currently VFR with winds from 220° at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors southwest-facing runway ends (22). Density altitude is approximately 4,450 ft (field elevation 2,409 ft). KE78 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KTUS, about 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22FAV | 5,830 ft | ASP | 4 kt head | 1 kt left |
| 04 | 5,830 ft | ASP | 4 kt tail | 1 kt right |
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KE78 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 04/225,830 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KE78Wind
- 04
- 4 kt tailwind · 1 kt crosswind from right
- 22
- 4 kt headwind · 1 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 23 h: wind 0→4 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KE78 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 KE78
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KRYN reported mostly VFR across 15 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the NW.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 22
- 51%
- 04
- 49%
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Live crosswind meter
KE78 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KRYN, 39 nm away.
Wind is 18° off runway 22, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 04/22 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
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- E78
- City
- Sells
- State
- Arizona
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 2,409 ft
- Coordinates
- 31.9329, -111.8940
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 5,830 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KRYN
- TAF
- Nearest KTUS
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Phoenix
- Sunset in
- 5h 13m
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