EAR Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Kearney Regional Airport, Kearney, NE · KEAR

Current weather at Kearney Regional Airport in Kearney, NE (IATA EAR, ICAO KEAR): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 310° at 5 kt. Below are the latest METAR and TAF from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, decoded into plain English, and the headwind and crosswind on each runway.

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Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 12:56Z on Nov 5, 25 minutes ago

Wind: from the northwest (310° true) at 5 knots.
Visibility: 10 miles or more.
Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
Clouds: none reported; no ceiling.
Temperature: 4°C (40°F), dew point 1°C (33°F).
Altimeter: 30.01 inHg (1016 hPa).

METAR KEAR 051256Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 04/01 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP169 T00440006

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 310° at 5 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked, among runways at least half as long as the longest.

Runway	Heading (true)	Headwind	Crosswind	Length
13	141°	Tailwind 5 kt	1 kt from the right	4,498 ft
31 Most headwind	321°	5 kt	1 kt from the left	4,498 ft
18	187°	Tailwind 3 kt	4 kt from the right	7,094 ft
36	007°	3 kt	4 kt from the left	7,094 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Nov 5 11:20Z, valid Nov 5 12:00Z to Nov 6 12:00Z

TAF KEAR 051120Z 0512/0612 34012KT P6SM OVC120 FM051500 35012G20KT P6SM SCT120 BKN250 FM052200 01008KT P6SM SCT100 SCT200 FM060300 VRB05KT P6SM SCT010 OVC050

Nov 5 12:00Z to 15:00Z
Wind 340° at 12 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; overcast at 12,000 ft.
From Nov 5 15:00Z (until 22:00Z)
Wind 350° at 12 kt, gusting 20 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 12,000 ft, broken clouds at 25,000 ft.
From Nov 5 22:00Z (until Nov 6 03:00Z)
Wind 010° at 8 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 10,000 ft, scattered clouds at 20,000 ft.
From Nov 6 03:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind variable at 5 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 1,000 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft.

Airport diagram

Official FAA PDF (effective Oct 29 to Nov 26)

FAA airport diagram, cycle 2611, effective Oct 29 to Nov 26, 2026. Reference only, not for navigation.

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Times are UTC (Z); the time after a slash is the local time at the airport. Weather and runway data come from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov) and are refreshed here every few minutes; the plain-English summaries are generated by cwsi.net and may simplify, so the raw METAR and TAF are authoritative. Runway headings are true, worked out from NOAA's runway alignment. cwsi.net is not affiliated with NOAA or the FAA: get an official weather briefing before flight.