Buffalo Municipal Airport (KH17) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 4:55 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KLBO), KH17 is currently VFR with winds from 170° at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Buffalo Municipal Airport in Buffalo, MO, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KLBO): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Buffalo Municipal Airport (KH17) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Buffalo, MO at a field elevation of 1,154 ft. KH17 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KLBO, about 21 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (04/22), the longest 3,220 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KLBO, 20.7 nm away.
Wind from the south (170°) at 4 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, scattered clouds at 10,000 ft, scattered clouds at 12,000 ft, temperature 14°C (57°F), altimeter 30.20 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KLBO 280955Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM SCT100 SCT120 14/09 A3020 RMK AO2
What changed at KLBO (nearest station)?
Since the 0935Z (4:35 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- The 11,000 ft ceiling dissipated, no ceiling now.
Current pilot readout for KH17
Based on the nearest station (KLBO), KH17 is currently VFR with winds from 170° at 4 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors southwest-facing runway ends (22). Density altitude is approximately 950 ft (field elevation 1,154 ft). KH17 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KSGF, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22FAV | 3,220 ft | ASP | 3 kt head | 3 kt left |
| 04 | 3,220 ft | ASP | 3 kt tail | 3 kt right |
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KH17 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 04/223,220 × 50 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KH17Wind
- 04
- 3 kt tailwind · 3 kt crosswind from right
- 22
- 3 kt headwind · 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 5→4 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KH17 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 KH17
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KLBO reported mostly VFR across 70 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 14 kt, the lowest ceiling was 8,000 ft. Wind most often came from the S.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 22
- 71%
- 04
- 29%
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Live crosswind meter
KH17 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KLBO, 21 nm away.
Wind is 44° 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
- Fuel
- 100LL
- Attended
- Unattended
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Flight instruction
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- H17
- City
- Buffalo
- State
- Missouri
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 1,154 ft
- Coordinates
- 37.6542, -93.0877
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,220 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KLBO
- TAF
- Nearest KSGF
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 13h 8m
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RC flying fields nearby
AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
- Bolivar Sport Flyers - 127th Rd , Bolivar, MO · 19 mi
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Pilot PIREPs for Buffalo Municipal Airport (KH17)
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