Homey (Area 51) Airport (KXTA) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
A current METAR is not available for KXTA right now.
Aviation weather near Homey (Area 51) Airport in Groom Lake, NV, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KDRA): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Homey (Area 51) Airport (KXTA) is a regional airport serving Groom Lake, NV at a field elevation of 4,462 ft. KXTA has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KDRA, about 39 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (14/32), the longest 12,000 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KINS.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KDRA, 38.5 nm away.
What changed at KDRA (nearest station)?
Since the 1253Z (5:53 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1253Z (5:53 AM PDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for KXTA
A current METAR is not available for KXTA right now. The nearest reporting station is KDRA. Check back shortly, review a nearby reporting station, and always confirm with an official briefing before flight.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 12,000 ft | UNK | - | - |
| 32 | 12,000 ft | UNK | - | - |
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KXTA 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 14/3212,000 × 0 ft · UNKCurrent useno stated-runway source at KXTAWind
- 14
- no steady wind
- 32
- 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 23 h: wind 3→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KXTA 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 KXTA
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KDRA reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 30 kt. Wind most often came from the S.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 14
- 51%
- 32
- 49%
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Airport info
Reference data from the OurAirports dataset.
- Type
- Regional airport
- ICAO
- KXTA
- City
- Groom Lake
- State
- Nevada
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 4,462 ft
- Coordinates
- 37.2350, -115.8110
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 12,000 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KDRA
- TAF
- Nearest KINS
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Next sunset
- 10h 48m
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Nearby airports
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Pilot PIREPs for Homey (Area 51) Airport (KXTA)
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