Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport at Cocoa Beach (USA) aviation weather and informations KXMR

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Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport at Cocoa Beach (USA)

This airport is in an unusual configuration. It is part of private or dangerous airports.

Military airport Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The runway was called the Skid Strip because SM-62 Snark cruise missiles (which did not have the wheels) returning from test flights were supposed to come to a halt. It serves the NASA rocket launch base. The airport is mainly used by USAF for the transport of satellites and for the coupling with launch vehicles.

Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport is located near Cocoa Beach, with Cape Canaveral at 5mi↑, City of Cape Canaveral at 6mi↑, Merritt Island at 8mi↑, Cocoa Beach at 10mi↑, Sharpes at 12mi↑, Cocoa at 12mi↑, Rockledge at 13mi↑, Manatee Hammock Park Mobile Home Park at 13mi↑,

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aerial view of Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport

Airport code

ICAO code : KXMR
IATA code : -
Local code : -

Elevation : 3 m = 10ft

Runways

runway 13/31 : 3048m = 10000ft

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weather : sky clear at Cape Canaveral

72°F

wind ↑ 12mph

Aviation weather for Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport KXMR

METAR for Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport KXMR

KXMR 200900Z AUTO 31006KT 3/4SM R31/3000V6000FT BR VV002 19/18 A3000 RMK AO2 VIS 3/4V1 1/4 CIG 001 RWY13 SLP162 $

Decoded METAR for Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport KXMR

METAR issued by KXMR on Friday, December 20, 2024 at 09:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 44 hours and -1402 minutes ago.

visibility is 1km = 1sm.

The temperature is 19°C = 66°F, dew point is 18°C = 64°F. The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 94%.

QNH is 1016hPa = 30inHg

Wind 11km/h = 6kt, direction is 310°.

Clouds : VV200ft = 60m.

mist

Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor VIS 3/4V1 1/4 CIG 001 RWY13 Sea Level Pressure SLP=162 $