Steele Municipal Airport (KM12) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 1:53 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KHKA), KM12 is currently VFR with winds from 190° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Steele Municipal Airport in Steele, MO, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KHKA): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Steele Municipal Airport (KM12) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Steele, MO at a field elevation of 259 ft. KM12 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KHKA, about 10 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (18/36), the longest 3,984 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KJBR.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KHKA, 9.5 nm away.
Wind from the south (190°) at 5 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 26°C (79°F), altimeter 30.19 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KHKA 281853Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP222 T02610083 PWINO $
What changed at KHKA (nearest station)?
Since the 1753Z (12:53 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.22 → 30.19 inHg.
Current pilot readout for KM12
Based on the nearest station (KHKA), KM12 is currently VFR with winds from 190° at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (18). Density altitude is approximately 1,300 ft (field elevation 259 ft). KM12 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KJBR, about 41 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 | 3,984 ft | ASP | 5 kt head | 1 kt right |
| 36 | 3,984 ft | ASP | 5 kt tail | 1 kt left |
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KM12 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 18/363,984 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KM12Wind
- 18
- 5 kt headwind · 1 kt crosswind from right
- 36
- 5 kt tailwind · 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 4→5 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KM12 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 KM12
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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ARP UAL1366 3553N 08816W 1816 F360 255/046KT TB OCNL LGT CHOP IC
ARP UAL1366 3553N 08816W 181…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 KM12
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KHKA reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the E.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 18
- 51%
- 36
- 49%
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Live crosswind meter
KM12 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KHKA, 9.5 nm away.
Wind is 10° 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
- Mon-Fri 0700-1700 local
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Crop dusting
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- M12
- City
- Steele
- State
- Missouri
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 259 ft
- Coordinates
- 36.0959, -89.8634
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,984 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KHKA
- TAF
- Nearest KJBR
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 3h 27m
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Pilot PIREPs for Steele Municipal Airport (KM12)
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