FAY Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Fayetteville Regional Airport, Fayetteville, NC · KFAY

Current weather at Fayetteville Regional Airport in Fayetteville, NC (IATA FAY, ICAO KFAY): the latest observation puts the airport in LIFR (low instrument flight rules) conditions, wind 120° at 4 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.

FAY airport info FAY NOTAMs

Current conditions (METAR)

LIFRObserved at 12:53Z on Nov 5, 34 minutes ago

Wind: from the east-southeast (120° true) at 4 knots.
Visibility: 1/4 mile.
Weather: fog.
Clouds: sky obscured at 200 ft, sky obscured, vertical visibility 2 ft; the ceiling is 2 ft above the ground.
Temperature: 18°C (64°F), dew point 18°C (64°F).
Altimeter: 30.00 inHg (1016 hPa).

METAR KFAY 051253Z 12004KT 1/4SM FG VV002 18/18 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP154 T01780178 RVRNO

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 120° at 4 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
04	031°	0 kt	4 kt from the right	7,709 ft
22	211°	0 kt	4 kt from the left	7,709 ft
10 Most headwind	091°	3 kt	2 kt from the right	4,801 ft
28	271°	Tailwind 3 kt	2 kt from the left	4,801 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Nov 5 11:36Z, valid Nov 5 12:00Z to Nov 6 12:00Z

TAF KFAY 051136Z 0512/0612 VRB03KT 2SM BR OVC004 TEMPO 0512/0514 1/4SM FG OVC002 FM051400 19006KT P6SM BKN015 FM051500 21006KT P6SM BKN035 FM060800 19005KT P6SM BKN003

Nov 5 12:00Z to 14:00Z
Wind variable at 3 kt; visibility 2 miles; mist; overcast at 400 ft.
Temporarily, Nov 5 12:00Z to 14:00Z
Visibility 1/4 mile; fog; overcast at 200 ft.
From Nov 5 14:00Z (until 15:00Z)
Wind 190° at 6 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 1,500 ft.
From Nov 5 15:00Z (until Nov 6 08:00Z)
Wind 210° at 6 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 3,500 ft.
From Nov 6 08:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind 190° at 5 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 300 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.

FBOs and services

FBOs

Signature Fayetteville3003 Control Tower Road, Fayettville, NC 28306+1 910-321-7540Hours: 0600L - 2200L Call out available on requestUNICOM 122.95Signature pageSource: Signature Aviation

FBO locations from the operators' own sites, may be out of date. Call ahead to confirm services and hours.

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Signature Aviation locations, as of Nov 5, 2026.

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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.

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