Traudt Airport (NE86) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 2:35 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KAUH), NE86 is currently MVFR with winds from 240° at 13 knots gusting 17, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 3,000 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Traudt Airport in Sutton, NE, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KAUH): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Traudt Airport (NE86) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Sutton, NE at a field elevation of 1,725 ft. NE86 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KAUH, about 15 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (14/32), the longest 3,200 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KGRI.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KAUH, 14.8 nm away.
Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 13 kt, gusting 17 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, broken clouds at 3,000 ft, broken clouds at 3,600 ft, temperature 21°C (70°F), altimeter 29.92 inHg. Conditions are Marginal VFR (MVFR), ceiling 3,000 ft.
METAR KAUH 281935Z AUTO 24013G17KT 10SM BKN030 BKN036 21/14 A2992 RMK AO2 T02130137
What changed at KAUH (nearest station)?
Since the 1915Z (2:15 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Flight category dropped from VFR to MVFR.
- Gusts began, now gusting 17 kt.
- A ceiling formed at 3,000 ft.
Current pilot readout for NE86
Based on the nearest station (KAUH), NE86 is currently MVFR with winds from 240° at 13 knots gusting 17, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 3,000 ft ceiling. the wind favors northwest-facing runway ends (32). Density altitude is approximately 2,900 ft (field elevation 1,725 ft). NE86 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KGRI, about 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32FAV | 3,200 ft | TURF | 2 kt head | 13 kt left (g17) |
| 14 | 3,200 ft | TURF | 2 kt tail | 13 kt right (g17) |
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NE86 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 14/323,200 × 50 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at NE86Wind
- 14
- 2 kt tailwind · 13 kt crosswind from right
- 32
- 2 kt headwind · 13 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 24 h: wind 7→13 kt, ceiling 1,100 ft → 3,000 ft.
NE86 weather radar
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Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of NE86
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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OMA UA /OV OMA290015/TM 1753/FL050/TP A320/SK BKN040
OMA UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV OMA290015Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1753Reported at 17:53 UTC.FL050Altitude: 5,000 ft MSL.TP A320Aircraft type reporting.SK BKN040Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.Show raw report
GRI UA /OV GRI/TM 1434/FL050/TP C208/SK BASE025-TOP045
GRI UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV GRILocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1434Reported at 14:34 UTC.FL050Altitude: 5,000 ft MSL.TP C208Aircraft type reporting.SK BASE025-TOP045Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.Show raw report
OMA UUA /OV OFF/TM 1348/FL019/TP B742/RM LLWS -30KT 1NM FINAL RWY 13 900AGL
OMA UUAHeader: reporting station and UUA: an URGENT pilot report (severe conditions, wind shear, or similar).OV OFFLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1348Reported at 13:48 UTC.FL019Altitude: 1,900 ft MSL.TP B742Aircraft type reporting.RM LLWS -30KT 1NM FINAL RWY …Remarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at NE86
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KAUH reported a mix of conditions, most often marginal VFR across 72 observations, with 12 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 17 kt, the lowest ceiling was 700 ft. Wind most often came from the S.
Most recent change: VFR → MVFR
Most recent change: IFR → MVFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 14
- 69%
- 32
- 31%
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Live crosswind meter
NE86 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KAUH, 15 nm away.
Wind is 80° off runway 32, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
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Airport info
Reference data from the OurAirports dataset.
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- NE86
- City
- Sutton
- State
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 1,725 ft
- Coordinates
- 40.6656, -97.8698
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,200 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KAUH
- TAF
- Nearest KGRI
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 3h 53m
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Pilot PIREPs for Traudt Airport (NE86)
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