Kecks Airport (N88) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 1:54 PM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KBUY), N88 is currently VFR with variable winds at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Kecks Airport in Julian, NC, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KBUY): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Kecks Airport (N88) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Julian, NC at a field elevation of 724 ft. N88 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KBUY, about 10 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (05/23), the longest 1,400 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KGSO.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KBUY, 10.4 nm away.
Wind variable at 3 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 21°C (69°F), altimeter 30.34 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KBUY 281754Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM -RA CLR 21/13 A3034 RMK AO2 RAB47 SLP271 P0000 60000 T02060133 10206 20117 58019
What changed at KBUY (nearest station)?
Since the 1654Z (12:54 PM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Rain began (-RA).
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.36 → 30.34 inHg.
- Temperature up 3°C.
Current pilot readout for N88
Based on the nearest station (KBUY), N88 is currently VFR with variable winds at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 1,050 ft (field elevation 724 ft). N88 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KGSO, about 18 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 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 1,400 ft | TURF-G | - | - |
| 23 | 1,400 ft | TURF-G | - | - |
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N88 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 05/231,400 × 75 ft · TURF-GCurrent useno stated-runway source at N88Wind
- 05
- no steady wind
- 23
- 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 5→3 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
N88 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 N88
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KBUY reported a mix of conditions, most often VFR across 38 observations, with 4 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 100 ft. Wind most often came from the N.
Most recent change: IFR → VFR
Most recent change: IFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 05
- 75%
- 23
- 25%
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Live crosswind meter
N88 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KBUY, 10 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
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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
- N88
- City
- Julian
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 724 ft
- Coordinates
- 35.9265, -79.6275
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,400 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KBUY
- TAF
- Nearest KGSO
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Sunset in
- 3h 53m
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Pilot PIREPs for Kecks Airport (N88)
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