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McChord Air Force Base airport in Tacoma (United State)
McChord Air Force Base airport is located near Tacoma, with McChord Air Force Base at 1mi↑, Parkland at 2mi↑, Spanaway at 3mi↑, Lakewood at 3mi↑, Midland at 4mi↑, Elk Plain at 7mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of McChord Air Force Base airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KTCM
- IATA code : TCM
- Local code : -
Elevation : 98 m = 322ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 16/34 : 3081m = 10108ft
- runway 160/340 : 914m = 2999ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
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- Amtrak Station Tacoma, WA train station at 7mi
- Olympia-Lacey, WA train station at 18mi
- Tukwila, WA train station at 25mi
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Aviation weather for McChord Air Force Base airport KTCM TCM
METAR for McChord Air Force Base airport KTCM TCM
KTCM 240855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP151 T01190101 56004
Decoded METAR for McChord Air Force Base airport KTCM TCM
METAR issued by KTCM on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 08:55 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 hours and 45 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 12°C = 54°F, dew point is 10°C = 50°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 88 %.
QNH is 1015hPa = 29.97inHg
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=151 T01190101 56004
TAF for McChord Air Force Base airport KTCM TCM
KTCM 240500Z 2405/2511 36010KT 9999 FEW200 QNH2996INS BECMG 2412/2413 01006KT 8000 BR SCT010 SCT200 QNH2998INS BECMG 2418/2419 30006KT 9999 NSW FEW200 QNH2992INS BECMG 2423/2424 27008KT 9999 SCT180 QNH2992INS BECMG 2507/2508 23008KT 9999 BKN025 OVC035 QNH3000INS TX27/2422Z TN10/2411Z
Decoded TAF for McChord Air Force Base airport KTCM TCM
TAF issued by KTCM on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 05:00 UTC, issued 9 hours and 40 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, June 24, 2025 à 05:00 heure TU to Tuesday, June 24, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
2405/2511 36010KT 9999 FEW200 QNH2996INS
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 360°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
becoming from Tuesday, June 24, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Tuesday, June 24, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2412/2413 01006KT 8000 BR SCT010 SCT200 QNH2998INS
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 10°
Visibility is 8km = 5mi.
mist
scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m scattered clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
becoming from Tuesday, June 24, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Tuesday, June 24, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2418/2419 30006KT 9999 NSW FEW200 QNH2992INS
no significant weather
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 300°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
becoming from Tuesday, June 24, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, June 25, 2025 à 07:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2423/2424 27008KT 9999 SCT180 QNH2992INS
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 18000ft = 5490m
becoming from Wednesday, June 25, 2025 à 08:00 heure TU to Wednesday, June 25, 2025 à 11:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2507/2508 23008KT 9999 BKN025 OVC035 QNH3000INS TX27/2422Z TN10/2411Z
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 230°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 2500ft = 760m overcast at 3500ft = 1070m
NOTAM for McChord Air Force Base airport
Around McChord Air Force Base airport in Tacoma (United State)
near
- Hotels in McChord Air Force Base
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2384mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 2412mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 5026mi↑
- Paris at 5027mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 5028mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 5169mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 5169mi↑
- Bordeaux at 5169mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 5169mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 5179mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 5180mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 5181mi↑
- for McChord Air Force Base airport at 0mi↑
- for Mueller-Harkins / Clover Park Technical College airport at 3mi↑
- for American Lake airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to McChord Air Force Base airport in Tacoma (United State)
- Mueller-Harkins / Clover Park Technical College airport ( US-6079) at 3mi↑defunct airport
- American Lake seaplane base ( W37) at 4mi↑
- Fort Lewis Auxiliary Number 1 airport ( US-6074) at 4mi↑defunct airport
- Spanaway airport ( S44) at 4mi↑defunct airport
- Madigan Army Medical Center heliport ( 1WA8) at 4mi↑
- South Tacoma airport ( US-6083) at 6mi↑defunct airport
- Gray Army Air Field airport (KGRF GRF ) at 6mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Shady Acres airport ( 3B8) at 7mi↑
- Bcag - Frederickson heliport ( 23WA) at 7mi↑
- Fort Lewis Auxiliary Number 3 airport ( US-6081) at 7mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap