First Flight Airport (KFFA) Aviation Weather: METAR
As of 7:55 AM ET, Oct 28, KFFA is currently VFR with winds from 050° at 6 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Live aviation weather for First Flight Airport in Kill Devil Hills, NC, including METAR, flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling, altimeter and runway crosswinds.
First Flight Airport (KFFA) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Kill Devil Hills, NC at a field elevation of 12 ft. KFFA reports its own METAR, decoded live on this page as flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling and altimeter. It has one runway (03/21), the longest 3,000 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
Wind from the northeast (050°) at 6 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 18°C (64°F), altimeter 30.30 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KFFA 281155Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3030 RMK AO2 T01750160 10200 20110
What changed at KFFA?
Since the 1135Z (7:35 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1135Z (7:35 AM EDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for KFFA
KFFA is currently VFR with winds from 050° at 6 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors north-facing runway ends (03). Density altitude is approximately -150 ft (field elevation 12 ft). KFFA does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KECG, about 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03FAV | 3,000 ft | ASP | 5 kt head | 3 kt right |
| 21 | 3,000 ft | ASP | 5 kt tail | 3 kt left |
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KFFA 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 03/213,000 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KFFAWind
- 03
- 5 kt headwind · 3 kt crosswind from right
- 21
- 5 kt tailwind · 3 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 3→6 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KFFA 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.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of KFFA
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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EWN UA /OV 10 E WN/TM 1110/FL30/TP C172/SK BASES 500 FT TOPS 800 FT
EWN UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV 10 E WNLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1110Reported at 11:10 UTC.FL30Altitude: hundreds of feet MSL. UNKN = unknown; DURC/DURD = during climb/descent.TP C172Aircraft type reporting.SK BASES 500 FT TOPS 800 FTSky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at KFFA
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, KFFA reported mostly VFR across 71 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 600 ft. Wind most often came from the N.
Most recent change: IFR → VFR
Most recent change: IFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 03
- 76%
- 21
- 24%
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Live crosswind meter
Measured by KFFA's own weather station.
Wind is 35° off runway 03, the end with the most headwind right now.
Asphalt · 3,000 ft. Headings from FAA runway data. Not for navigation.
Field aerial
North up
Runway 03/21 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
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- ICAO
- KFFA
- IATA
- FFA
- FAA LID
- FFA
- City
- Kill Devil Hills
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 12 ft
- Coordinates
- 36.0182, -75.6713
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,000 ft
- Weather reporting
- Reports METAR
- TAF
- Nearest KECG
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Sunset in
- 9h 58m
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Nearby airports
Compare nearby METAR/TAF stations within 25, 50 and 100 NM before departure or arrival.
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RC flying fields nearby
AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
- DCRCF - Dare County RC Flyers - Link Rd , Manns Harbor, NC · 15 mi
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Pilot PIREPs for First Flight Airport (KFFA)
Community-submittedCommunity-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.
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