Runways at KTWT
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Sturgis Municipal Airport has one runway: 18/36 - 1,524 m long (5,000 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface.
Sturgis Municipal Airport (KTWT)
United States · elevation 372 ft AMSL
· 37.5408, -87.9518
About Sturgis Municipal Airport
Sturgis Municipal Airport is an airport with the ICAO code KTWT. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Sturgis. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KT prefix, which marks airports in United States. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 37°32'27"N, 87°57'06"W, at an elevation of 372 ft (113 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Chicago.
Satellite view of KTWT
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of KTWT
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 180° | 1,524 m (5,000 ft) | 46 m (150 ft) | asphalt |
| 36 | 360° |
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.
Climate at Sturgis Municipal Airport - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from KTWT for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 26,099 METAR reports issued by KTWT in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 82% of the time, MVFR 12% and IFR or LIFR 7%. Best month for VFR flying: September (91% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: January (14%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 11:00 UTC (11% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 21:00 UTC (4%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 15 days a year on average, most often in August. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 0 days a year on average, and snowfall on 8.7.
The wind most often blows from S (180°) - 8% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 31% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 1%. Warmest month: July (average high 31.4 °C); coldest: January (average low -1.2 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 82%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 7%
- Avg high
- 21.2 °C
- Avg low
- 10.0 °C
- Fog days
- 15
- Thunderstorm days
- 0
- Snow days
- 8.7
- Prevailing wind
- S · 8%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- 1%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 82%
- MVFR 12%
- IFR 4%
- LIFR 3%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 31%
Most often: S - 8% 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 by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7 | -1.2 | 62% | 14% | 2 | 0 | 4.3 |
| February | 12.9 | 1.5 | 78% | 6% | 0.3 | 0 | 2.7 |
| March | 17.9 | 5.5 | 82% | 4% | 1 | 0 | 0.7 |
| April | 22.7 | 10.4 | 87% | 6% | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 25.8 | 15.5 | 82% | 6% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 30.2 | 18.3 | 90% | 2% | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 31.4 | 21.1 | 89% | 4% | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 31.0 | 19.5 | 90% | 5% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 29.3 | 16.3 | 91% | 4% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 23.9 | 10.0 | 82% | 13% | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 16.4 | 6.0 | 78% | 7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 11.2 | 2.7 | 74% | 7% | 0.7 | 0 | 1 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 18/36 on 180° and 360° 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 18/36 axis, wind from the west (around 270°) or from the east (around 90°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 180° or 360° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for KTWT
Weather reports for Sturgis Municipal Airport are published under the ICAO code KTWT. 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 KTWT 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 KTWT, 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 Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport (KGDA, 27 km), Henderson City County Airport (KEHR, 38 km), Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB, 61 km). When no report is available for KTWT, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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