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McCormick County Airport (KS19) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds

As of 3:56 PM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KGRD), KS19 is currently VFR with winds from 060° at 8 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.

Aviation weather near McCormick County Airport in McCormick, SC, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KGRD): conditions and runway crosswinds.

McCormick County Airport (KS19) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around McCormick, SC at a field elevation of 459 ft. KS19 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KGRD, about 21 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (18/36), the longest 3,598 ft. CTAF is 122.9.

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VFR
Observed 1956Z (3:56 PM EDT)live · refreshes every 60s

No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KGRD, 21.1 nm away.

Wind
060° 8 kt
Visibility
10+ sm
Ceiling
Unlimited
Altimeter
30.28"
Temp / Dew
74°F / 23°C
dew 56°F / 13°C

Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 8 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, a few clouds at 3,900 ft, temperature 23°C (74°F), altimeter 30.28 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).

Raw METAR
METAR KGRD 281956Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM FEW039 23/13 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP249 T02330133

What changed at KGRD (nearest station)?

Since the 1856Z (2:56 PM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.

  • Wind direction moved from 030° to 060°.
  • Gusts are no longer reported.

Current pilot readout for KS19

Based on the nearest station (KGRD), KS19 is currently VFR with winds from 060° at 8 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors north-facing runway ends (36). Density altitude is approximately 1,100 ft (field elevation 459 ft). KS19 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KDNL, about 29 nm away.

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Runway wind check

Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.

RunwayHead / TailCrosswind
36FAV4 kt head7 kt right
184 kt tail7 kt left

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KS19 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.

  • Runway 18/36
    3,598 × 75 ft · ASP
    Status not monitored
    Current use
    no stated-runway source at KS19
    Wind
    18
    4 kt tailwind · 7 kt crosswind from left
    36
    4 kt headwind · 7 kt crosswind from right
    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.

Wind (kt)Gusts (kt)Bottom strip, flight category:VFRMVFRIFRLIFRNo report
091820Z08Z19Z

Over the last 23 h: wind 3→8 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.

KS19 weather radar

Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.

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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 KS19

Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.

PIREP1927Z (3:27 PM EDT) · 74 NM N of KS19 · 31,000 ft MSL · C25M
trace rime icing
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SPA UA /OV SPA360005/TM 1927/FL310/TP C25M/IC TRACE RIME
SPA UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV SPA360005Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1927Reported at 19:27 UTC.
FL310Altitude: 31,000 ft MSL.
TP C25MAircraft type reporting.
IC TRACE RIMEIcing: trace rime.
PIREP1927Z (3:27 PM EDT) · 86 NM N of KS19 · 31,000 ft MSL · C25M
trace rime 310 icing
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SPA UA /OV SPA354017/TM 1927/FL310/TP C25M/TA M21/IC TRACE RIME 310/RM ZTLFD-42
SPA UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV SPA354017Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1927Reported at 19:27 UTC.
FL310Altitude: 31,000 ft MSL.
TP C25MAircraft type reporting.
TA M21Outside air temperature, °C.
IC TRACE RIME 310Icing: trace rime 310.
RM ZTLFD-42Remarks.
PIREP1855Z (2:55 PM EDT) · 42 NM S of KS19 · 7,000 ft MSL · BE58
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AGS UA /OV 65J280007/TM 1855/FL070/TP BE58/SK SKC/WX 10SM/RM SMOOTH RIDE
AGS UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV 65J280007Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1855Reported at 18:55 UTC.
FL070Altitude: 7,000 ft MSL.
TP BE58Aircraft type reporting.
SK SKCSky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
WX 10SMWeather and flight visibility observed.
RM SMOOTH RIDERemarks.
PIREP1724Z (1:24 PM EDT) · 36 NM SE of KS19 · 3,000 ft MSL · C172
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AGS UA /OV 1724/TM 1724/FL30/TP C172/WX FV99SM
AGS UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV 1724Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1724Reported at 17:24 UTC.
FL30Altitude: hundreds of feet MSL. UNKN = unknown; DURC/DURD = during climb/descent.
TP C172Aircraft type reporting.
WX FV99SMWeather and flight visibility observed.
PIREP1640Z (12:40 PM EDT) · 33 NM SE of KS19 · 1,000 ft MSL · C172
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AGS UA /OV 7 NE AGS/TM 1640/FL10/TP C172/SK SKC/RM LITTLE BUMPY
AGS UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV 7 NE AGSLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1640Reported at 16:40 UTC.
FL10Altitude: hundreds of feet MSL. UNKN = unknown; DURC/DURD = during climb/descent.
TP C172Aircraft type reporting.
SK SKCSky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
RM LITTLE BUMPYRemarks.
PIREP1637Z (12:37 PM EDT) · 21 NM N of KS19 · 27,000 ft MSL · BE20
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GRD UA /OV GRD/TM 1637/FL270/TP BE20/TB NEG/IC NEG/RM ZTLFD 32
GRD UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV GRDLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1637Reported at 16:37 UTC.
FL270Altitude: 27,000 ft MSL.
TP BE20Aircraft type reporting.
TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.
IC NEGIcing: none reported.
RM ZTLFD 32Remarks.
PIREP1517Z (11:17 AM EDT) · 21 NM S of KS19 · 3,500 ft MSL · C25B
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AGS UA /OV 18 NW AGS/TM 1517/FL035/TP C25B/SK SKC/RM SMOOTH
AGS UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV 18 NW AGSLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1517Reported at 15:17 UTC.
FL035Altitude: 3,500 ft MSL.
TP C25BAircraft type reporting.
SK SKCSky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
RM SMOOTHRemarks.
PIREP1513Z (11:13 AM EDT) · 70 NM NW of KS19 · 23,000 ft MSL · A321
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TOC UA /OV ODF/TM 1513/FL230/TP A321/TB NEG/RM ZTLFD 49
TOC UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV ODFLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1513Reported at 15:13 UTC.
FL230Altitude: 23,000 ft MSL.
TP A321Aircraft type reporting.
TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.
RM ZTLFD 49Remarks.

⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.

Recent aviation weather trends at KS19

From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.

Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KGRD reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 16 kt. Wind most often came from the N.

Last 24 hours
VFR 100%
Wind avg/max: 3/10 kt
Max gust: 16 kt
Lowest ceiling: -
Lowest vis: -
Prevailing wind: N
Category changes: 0
Last 7 days
VFR 100%
Wind avg/max: 4/12 kt
Max gust: 19 kt
Lowest ceiling: 4,800 ft
Lowest vis: 10 sm
Prevailing wind: N
Category changes: 0
Wind-favored runway - past 30 days

Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.

36
68%
18
32%

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Live crosswind meter

KS19 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KGRD, 21 nm away.

N36188 kt
Headwind
4 kt
Crosswind (from the right)
7 kt

Wind is 63° off runway 36, the end with the most headwind right now.

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Asphalt · 3,598 ft. Headings from FAA runway data. Not for navigation.

Field aerial

North up

Aerial photo of McCormick County Airport (KS19) with runway 18/36 marked
N ↑

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
Unlighted

Airport

Type
General aviation airport
FAA LID
S19
City
McCormick
State
South Carolina
Country
United States
Elevation
459 ft
Coordinates
33.9081, -82.2669
Runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
Longest runway
3,598 ft
Weather reporting
Nearest station KGRD
TAF
Nearest KDNL
CTAF
122.9 MHz
Time zone
America/New_York
Sunset in
2h 16m

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Pilot PIREPs for McCormick County Airport (KS19)

Community-submitted

Community-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.

Read recent community-submitted pilot notes for McCormick County Airport, including runway conditions, wildlife activity, FBO/fuel notes, turbulence, ramp access, and local airport tips.

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