Lamar County Airport (KM55) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 2:35 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KM40), KM55 is currently VFR with variable winds at 6 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Lamar County Airport in Vernon, AL, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KM40): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Lamar County Airport (KM55) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Vernon, AL at a field elevation of 463 ft. KM55 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KM40, about 19 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (17/35), the longest 3,613 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KM40, 18.7 nm away.
Wind variable at 6 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 26°C (79°F), altimeter 30.22 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KM40 281935Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A3022 RMK AO2
What changed at KM40 (nearest station)?
Since the 1915Z (2:15 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1915Z (2:15 PM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for KM55
Based on the nearest station (KM40), KM55 is currently VFR with variable winds at 6 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 1,500 ft (field elevation 463 ft). KM55 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KCBM, about 20 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is variable at 6 kt: light and variable wind like this is generally not a factor for runway selection, and with no steady direction 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 3,613 ft | ASPH-F | - | - |
| 35 | 3,613 ft | ASPH-F | - | - |
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KM55 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 17/353,613 × 75 ft · ASPH-FCurrent useno stated-runway source at KM55Wind
- 17
- no steady wind
- 35
- no steady wind
no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →
“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→6 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KM55 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 KM55
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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MDQ UA /OV RQZ180020/TM 1415/FL280/TP GLF4/SK TOP300/TB CONS LGT CHOP/RM ZTLFD 06
MDQ UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV RQZ180020Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1415Reported at 14:15 UTC.FL280Altitude: 28,000 ft MSL.TP GLF4Aircraft type reporting.SK TOP300Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.TB CONS LGT CHOPTurbulence: continuous light chop.RM ZTLFD 06Remarks.Show raw report
BHM UA /OV BHM315030/TM 1358/FL230/TP E145/TA M10/IC LGT RIME/RM ZME 31
BHM UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV BHM315030Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1358Reported at 13:58 UTC.FL230Altitude: 23,000 ft MSL.TP E145Aircraft type reporting.TA M10Outside air temperature, °C.IC LGT RIMEIcing: light rime.RM ZME 31Remarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at KM55
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KM40 reported mostly VFR across 72 observations, with 5 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 13 kt, the lowest ceiling was 1,500 ft. Wind most often came from the NE.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 35
- 64%
- 17
- 36%
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Live crosswind meter
KM55 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KM40, 19 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 17/35 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
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- M55
- City
- Vernon
- State
- Alabama
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 463 ft
- Coordinates
- 33.8467, -88.1155
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,613 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KM40
- TAF
- Nearest KCBM
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 3h 23m
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Pilot PIREPs for Lamar County Airport (KM55)
Community-submittedCommunity-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.
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