Benton Field (O85) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 11:53 AM PDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KRDD), O85 is currently VFR with winds from 360° at 8 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Benton Field in Redding, CA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KRDD): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Benton Field (O85) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Redding, CA at a field elevation of 723 ft. O85 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KRDD, about 7 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (16/34), the longest 2,420 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KRDD.
From the airport
Provided by Benton Field management. Updated October 21, 2026.
Benton Field has its own AWOS-2. For current field conditions, tune 118.675 or call (530) 225-4183.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KRDD, 6.6 nm away.
Wind from the north (360°) at 8 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 17°C (63°F), altimeter 30.03 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KRDD 281853Z 36008KT 10SM CLR 17/01 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01720011 $
What changed at KRDD (nearest station)?
Since the 1753Z (10:53 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1753Z (10:53 AM PDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for O85
Based on the nearest station (KRDD), O85 is currently VFR with winds from 360° at 8 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors north-facing runway ends (34). Density altitude is approximately 1,000 ft (field elevation 723 ft). O85 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KRDD, about 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34FAV | 2,420 ft | ASPH-F | 8 kt head | 1 kt right |
| 16 | 2,420 ft | ASPH-F | 8 kt tail | 1 kt left |
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O85 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 16/342,420 × 75 ft · ASPH-FCurrent useno stated-runway source at O85Wind
- 16
- 8 kt tailwind · 1 kt crosswind from left
- 34
- 8 kt headwind · 1 kt crosswind from right
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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 0→8 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
O85 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.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of O85
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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UKI UA /OV 82CL-UKI315010 /TM 1720 /FL050 /TP C172 /SK SKC /WX FV40SM /TB NEG
UKI UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV 82CL-UKI315010Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1720Reported at 17:20 UTC.FL050Altitude: 5,000 ft MSL.TP C172Aircraft type reporting.SK SKCSky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.WX FV40SMWeather and flight visibility observed.TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at O85
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KRDD reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 23 kt, the lowest ceiling was 7,000 ft. Wind most often came from the N.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 34
- 74%
- 16
- 26%
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Live crosswind meter
O85's AWOS-2 isn't in the national weather feed, so the wind comes from KRDD, 6.6 nm away.
Wind is 6° off runway 34, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 16/34 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL · Jet A
- Attended
- Daily 0700-1700 local
- Repairs
- Airframe & engine, major
- Oxygen
- Bottled, high & low pressure · Bulk, high & low pressure
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Avionics · Charter · Flight instruction · Aircraft rental · Aircraft sales
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- IATA
- BZF
- FAA LID
- O85
- City
- Redding
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 723 ft
- Coordinates
- 40.5749, -122.4080
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,420 ft
- Weather reporting
- On-field AWOS-2, not in the national feed (using KRDD)
- TAF
- Nearest KRDD
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Sunset in
- 5h 31m
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Pilot PIREPs for Benton Field (O85)
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