RKD Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Knox County Regional Airport, Rockland, ME · KRKD

Current weather at Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, ME (IATA RKD, ICAO KRKD): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 220° 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 12:56Z on Nov 5, 35 minutes ago

Wind: from the southwest (220° true) at 8 knots.
Visibility: 10 miles or more.
Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
Clouds: none reported; no ceiling.
Temperature: 15°C (59°F), dew point 14°C (57°F).
Altimeter: 29.93 inHg (1014 hPa).

METAR KRKD 051256Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01500139

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 220° 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
03	013°	Tailwind 7 kt	4 kt from the left	4,000 ft
21 Most headwind	193°	7 kt	4 kt from the right	4,000 ft
13	111°	Tailwind 3 kt	8 kt from the right	5,412 ft
31	291°	3 kt	8 kt from the left	5,412 ft

Forecast (TAF)

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

TAF KRKD 051120Z 0512/0612 22009KT P6SM SCT180 FM051500 22012G22KT 5SM BR BKN004 FM060000 21011G20KT P6SM BKN014 FM060400 21010G19KT 1SM BR BKN005

Nov 5 12:00Z to 15:00Z
Wind 220° at 9 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 18,000 ft.
From Nov 5 15:00Z (until Nov 6 00:00Z)
Wind 220° at 12 kt, gusting 22 kt; visibility 5 miles; mist; broken clouds at 400 ft.
From Nov 6 00:00Z (until 04:00Z)
Wind 210° at 11 kt, gusting 20 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 1,400 ft.
From Nov 6 04:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind 210° at 10 kt, gusting 19 kt; visibility 1 mile; mist; broken clouds at 500 ft.

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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.