United States · elevation 1082 ft AMSL
· 29.3595, -100.7780
Laughlin Air Force Base (Del Rio) is an airport with the ICAO code KDLF and the IATA code DLF. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Del Rio. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KD prefix, which marks airports in United States. The four-letter code KDLF is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code DLF is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 29°21'34"N, 100°46'41"W, at an elevation of 1,082 ft (330 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Chicago.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13C | 130° | 2,698 m (8,852 ft) | 46 m (150 ft) | asphalt |
| 31C | 310° | |||
| 13L | 130° | 2,535 m (8,316 ft) | 46 m (150 ft) | asphalt |
| 31R | 310° | |||
| 13R | 130° | 2,003 m (6,571 ft) | 46 m (150 ft) | asphalt |
| 31L | 310° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
What the METAR reports from KDLF for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 25,197 METAR reports issued by KDLF in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 85% of the time, MVFR 11% and IFR or LIFR 4%. Best month for VFR flying: August (97% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: January (11%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 14:00 UTC (11% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 01:00 UTC (2%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 6.4 days a year on average, most often in January. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 16 days a year on average, and snowfall practically never.
The wind most often blows from ESE (113°) - 23% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 7% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 2%. Warmest month: August (average high 38.7 °C); coldest: January (average low 4.7 °C).
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Most often: ESE - 23% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.9 | 4.7 | 82% | 11% | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 24.2 | 8.9 | 82% | 9% | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| March | 28.5 | 13.8 | 81% | 4% | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 |
| April | 31.4 | 17.5 | 79% | 1% | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0 |
| May | 34.4 | 21.7 | 84% | 3% | 0 | 4.7 | 0 |
| June | 37.2 | 24.8 | 88% | 1% | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| July | 36.4 | 24.7 | 88% | 2% | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 38.7 | 25.6 | 97% | <1% | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 34.8 | 22.8 | 92% | 1% | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 31.4 | 18.6 | 88% | 2% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| November | 24.8 | 12.5 | 80% | 6% | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 21.9 | 8.8 | 76% | 10% | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Laughlin Air Force Base (Del Rio) has 3 runways: 13C/31C - 2,698 m long (8,852 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface; 13L/31R - 2,535 m long (8,316 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface; 13R/31L - 2,003 m long (6,571 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface.
The longest of them is 13C/31C, at 2,698 m.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 13C/31C on 130° and 310° magnetic, 13L/31R on 130° and 310° magnetic, 13R/31L on 130° and 310° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 13C/31C axis, wind from the south-west (around 220°) or from the north-east (around 40°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 130° or 310° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Laughlin Air Force Base (Del Rio) are published under the ICAO code KDLF. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the KDLF report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for KDLF, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Chicago zone is GMT-06:00 in winter and GMT-05:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Del Rio International Airport (KDRT, 15 km), Ciudad Acuña International Airport (MMCC, 31 km), Piedras Negras International Airport (MMPG, 85 km). When no report is available for KDLF, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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