Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 6:55 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KIJX), KK06 is currently VFR with winds from 170° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Greater Beardstown Airport in Beardstown, IL, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KIJX): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Beardstown, IL at a field elevation of 465 ft. KK06 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KIJX, about 14 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (18/36), the longest 4,000 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KIJX, 14.2 nm away.
Wind from the south (170°) at 5 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 13°C (56°F), altimeter 30.20 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KIJX 281155Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A3020 RMK AO2 T01310090 10166 20130
What changed at KIJX (nearest station)?
Since the 1135Z (6:35 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1135Z (6:35 AM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for KK06
Based on the nearest station (KIJX), KK06 is currently VFR with winds from 170° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (18). Density altitude is approximately 0 ft (field elevation 465 ft). KK06 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KSPI, about 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18FAV | 4,000 ft | ASP | 5 kt head | 1 kt left |
| 36 | 4,000 ft | ASP | 5 kt tail | 1 kt right |
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KK06 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 18/364,000 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KK06Wind
- 18
- 5 kt headwind · 1 kt crosswind from left
- 36
- 5 kt tailwind · 1 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 23 h: wind 4→5 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KK06 weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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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 KK06
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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ARP UAL2837 3950N 08913W 0940 F390 TB NONE SK CLEAR IC NONE
ARP UAL2837 3950N 08913W 094…Header: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at KK06
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KIJX reported mostly VFR across 70 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 7,000 ft. Wind most often came from the S.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 18
- 69%
- 36
- 31%
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Live crosswind meter
KK06 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KIJX, 14 nm away.
Wind is 11° off runway 18, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 18/36 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
- FAA LID
- K06
- City
- Beardstown
- State
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 465 ft
- Coordinates
- 39.9734, -90.4037
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 4,000 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KIJX
- TAF
- Nearest KSPI
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 10h 47m
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Pilot PIREPs for Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06)
Community-submittedCommunity-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.
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