Southard Field (O55) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 9:55 AM PDT, Oct 27, based on the nearest station (KAAT), O55 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 5,500 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Southard Field in Bieber, CA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KAAT): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Southard Field (O55) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Bieber, CA at a field elevation of 4,163 ft. O55 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KAAT, about 33 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (04/22), the longest 2,980 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KRDD.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KAAT, 32.5 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, a few clouds at 2,800 ft, overcast at 5,500 ft, temperature 2°C (36°F), altimeter 30.05 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR), ceiling 5,500 ft.
METAR KAAT 271655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW028 OVC055 02/M01 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP182 T00221006
What changed at KAAT (nearest station)?
Since the 1555Z (8:55 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1555Z (8:55 AM PDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for O55
Based on the nearest station (KAAT), O55 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 5,500 ft ceiling. Density altitude is approximately 3,450 ft (field elevation 4,163 ft). O55 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KRDD, about 65 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | 2,980 ft | ASPH-F | - | - |
| 22 | 2,980 ft | ASPH-F | - | - |
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O55 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 04/222,980 × 35 ft · ASPH-FCurrent useno stated-runway source at O55Wind
- 04
- no steady wind
- 22
- no steady wind
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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 23 h: wind 8→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → 5,500 ft.
O55 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 O55
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KAAT reported mostly VFR across 26 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 23 kt, the lowest ceiling was 2,900 ft. Wind most often came from the W.
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.
- 22
- 56%
- 04
- 44%
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Live crosswind meter
O55 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KAAT, 33 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 04/22 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
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- O55
- City
- Bieber
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 4,163 ft
- Coordinates
- 41.1396, -121.1240
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,980 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KAAT
- TAF
- Nearest KRDD
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Sunset in
- 7h 24m
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Pilot PIREPs for Southard Field (O55)
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