Catawba Valley Airport (VA10) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 5:55 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KBCB), VA10 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 7 statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Catawba Valley Airport in Blacksburg, VA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KBCB): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Catawba Valley Airport (VA10) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Blacksburg, VA at a field elevation of 1,720 ft. VA10 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KBCB, about 7 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (05/23), the longest 1,751 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KBCB.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KBCB, 6.7 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 7 statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 6°C (43°F), altimeter 30.41 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KBCB 280955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 06/06 A3041 RMK AO2 T00630061
What changed at KBCB (nearest station)?
Since the 0935Z (5:35 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Visibility moved from 10 SM to 7 SM.
Current pilot readout for VA10
Based on the nearest station (KBCB), VA10 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 7 statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 500 ft (field elevation 1,720 ft). Review the latest TAF below for forecast changes before departure.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 1,751 ft | TURF | - | - |
| 23 | 1,751 ft | TURF | - | - |
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VA10 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 05/231,751 × 61 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at VA10Wind
- 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 24 h: wind 0→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
VA10 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 VA10
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KBCB reported mostly VFR across 69 observations, with 4 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the E.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Most recent change: LIFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 05
- 77%
- 23
- 23%
TAF | Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
Issued 0600Z (2:00 AM EDT)
TAF KBCB 280600Z 2806/2906 00000KT P6SM SKC FM281000 00000KT P6SM FEW015 BKN230 FM281600 10003KT P6SM FEW030 OVC200 FM290300 00000KT P6SM BKN025
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Live crosswind meter
VA10 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KBCB, 6.7 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 05/23 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
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- VA10
- City
- Blacksburg
- State
- Virginia
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 1,720 ft
- Coordinates
- 37.2801, -80.3014
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,751 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KBCB
- TAF
- Nearest KBCB
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Next sunset
- 12h 18m
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Nearby airports
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RC flying fields nearby
AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
- RVRC - Roanoke Valley RC Club Inc 1 , Salem, VA · 13 mi
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Pilot PIREPs for Catawba Valley Airport (VA10)
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