Captain Ben Smith Airfield - Monroe City Airport (KK52) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
A current METAR is not available for KK52 right now.
Aviation weather near Captain Ben Smith Airfield - Monroe City Airport in Monroe City, MO, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KHAE): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Captain Ben Smith Airfield - Monroe City Airport (KK52) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Monroe City, MO at a field elevation of 737 ft. KK52 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KHAE, about 14 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (09/27), the longest 3,515 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KUIN.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KHAE, 14.2 nm away.
What changed at KHAE (nearest station)?
Since the 1715Z (12:15 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Wind direction moved from 190° to 150°.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.19 → 30.17 inHg.
Current pilot readout for KK52
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | 3,515 ft | ASP | - | - |
| 27 | 3,515 ft | ASP | - | - |
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KK52 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 09/273,515 × 50 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KK52Wind
- 09
- no steady wind
- 27
- 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 5→7 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KK52 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 KK52
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KHAE reported mostly VFR across 70 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 6,500 ft. Wind most often came from the S.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 27
- 58%
- 09
- 42%
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North up
Runway 09/27 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
- Mon-Fri 0800-1700 local; Sat 0800-1200 local
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Pattern altitude
- 1,702 ft MSL (965 AGL)
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- K52
- City
- Monroe City
- State
- Missouri
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 737 ft
- Coordinates
- 39.6344, -91.7270
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,515 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KHAE
- TAF
- Nearest KUIN
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 5h 31m
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Pilot PIREPs for Captain Ben Smith Airfield - Monroe City Airport (KK52)
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