ILG Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

New Castle Airport, Wilmington, DE · KILG

Current weather at New Castle Airport in Wilmington, DE (IATA ILG, ICAO KILG): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 170° at 8 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 12:51Z on Nov 5, 38 minutes ago

Wind: from the south (170° true) at 8 knots.
Visibility: 10 miles or more.
Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
Clouds: broken clouds at 3,200 ft, broken clouds at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,200 ft above the ground.
Temperature: 18°C (65°F), dew point 17°C (63°F).
Altimeter: 29.96 inHg (1015 hPa).

METAR KILG 051251Z 17008KT 10SM BKN032 BKN040 18/17 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T01830172 PNO $

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 170° at 8 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
01	005°	Tailwind 8 kt	2 kt from the right	7,012 ft
19 Most headwind	185°	8 kt	2 kt from the left	7,012 ft
09	078°	0 kt	8 kt from the right	7,275 ft
27	258°	0 kt	8 kt from the left	7,275 ft
14	131°	6 kt	5 kt from the right	4,602 ft
32	311°	Tailwind 6 kt	5 kt from the left	4,602 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Nov 5 11:33Z, valid Nov 5 12:00Z to Nov 6 12:00Z

TAF KILG 051133Z 0512/0612 18008KT P6SM VCSH BKN035 FM051400 20008G18KT P6SM VCSH OVC020 FM051800 21012G18KT P6SM BKN030 FM060200 20007KT 6SM -SHRA BKN015 FM060500 26005KT 4SM -SHRA BKN007 PROB30 0605/0609 3SM -TSRA BKN005CB

Nov 5 12:00Z to 14:00Z
Wind 180° at 8 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; showers in the vicinity; broken clouds at 3,500 ft.
From Nov 5 14:00Z (until 18:00Z)
Wind 200° at 8 kt, gusting 18 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; showers in the vicinity; overcast at 2,000 ft.
From Nov 5 18:00Z (until Nov 6 02:00Z)
Wind 210° at 12 kt, gusting 18 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 3,000 ft.
From Nov 6 02:00Z (until 05:00Z)
Wind 200° at 7 kt; visibility 6 miles; light rain showers; broken clouds at 1,500 ft.
From Nov 6 05:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind 260° at 5 kt; visibility 4 miles; light rain showers; broken clouds at 700 ft.
30% chance, Nov 6 05:00Z to 09:00Z
Visibility 3 miles; thunderstorm with light rain; broken clouds at 500 ft (cumulonimbus).

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

Atlantic Aviation New Castle120 Old Churchmans Road, New Castle, DE+1 302-328-9695Hours: Mon-Sun: 0500-2300 On-call services with prior arrangementsAtlantic pageSource: Atlantic Aviation

FBO locations from the operators' own sites, may be out of date.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

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Atlantic Aviation locations, as of Nov 5, 2026.

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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