International Peace Garden Airport (S28) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 4:55 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KD09), S28 is currently IFR with winds from 140° at 11 knots, visibility 9 statute miles, and a 500 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near International Peace Garden Airport in Dunseith, ND, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KD09): conditions and runway crosswinds.
International Peace Garden Airport (S28) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Dunseith, ND at a field elevation of 2,317 ft. S28 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KD09, about 18 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (11/29), the longest 3,005 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KMIB.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KD09, 17.9 nm away.
Wind from the southeast (140°) at 11 kt, visibility 9 statute miles, broken clouds at 500 ft, broken clouds at 1,100 ft, temperature 3°C (37°F), altimeter 29.75 inHg. Conditions are Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), ceiling 500 ft.
METAR KD09 280955Z AUTO 14011KT 120V180 9SM BKN005 BKN011 03/03 A2975 RMK AO2
What changed at KD09 (nearest station)?
Since the 0935Z (4:35 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Flight category improved from LIFR to IFR.
- Ceiling lifted from 400 ft to 500 ft.
- Wind speed up from 6 to 11 kt.
- Gusts are no longer reported.
Current pilot readout for S28
Based on the nearest station (KD09), S28 is currently IFR with winds from 140° at 11 knots, visibility 9 statute miles, and a 500 ft ceiling. the wind favors runway ends 11. Density altitude is approximately 1,650 ft (field elevation 2,317 ft). S28 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KMIB, about 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11FAV | 3,005 ft | ASP | 10 kt head | 5 kt right |
| 29 | 3,005 ft | ASP | 10 kt tail | 5 kt left |
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S28 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 11/293,005 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at S28Wind
- 11
- 10 kt headwind · 5 kt crosswind from right
- 29
- 10 kt tailwind · 5 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 10→11 kt, ceiling unlimited → 500 ft.
S28 weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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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 S28
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KD09 reported a mix of conditions, most often low IFR across 91 observations, with 9 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 18 kt, the lowest ceiling was 100 ft. Wind most often came from the SE.
Most recent change: LIFR → IFR
Most recent change: LIFR → IFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 11
- 57%
- 29
- 43%
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Live crosswind meter
S28 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KD09, 18 nm away.
Wind is 28° off runway 11, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 11/29 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
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- S28
- City
- Dunseith
- State
- North Dakota
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 2,317 ft
- Coordinates
- 48.9978, -100.0430
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,005 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KD09
- TAF
- Nearest KMIB
- Time zone
- America/Winnipeg
- Next sunset
- 13h 16m
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