Fairchild AFB, Washington Weather
Fairchild AFB, Washington — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Fairchild AFB, Spokane County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fairchild AFB. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fairchild AFB is published on the Fairchild Air Force Base (KSKA) page, 1 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Fairchild AFB have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Fairchild AFB: Spokane International Airport (KGEG) 9 km · Felts Field (KSFF) 26 km · Davenport Municipal Airport (K68S) 40 km · Cross Winds Airport (KC72) 41 km · Deer Park Airport (KDEW) 42 km
Conditions reported at KSKA describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairchild AFB specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairchild AFB.
About Fairchild AFB, Washington
Fairchild AFB rests upon the high plains of eastern Washington, a landscape shaped by ancient volcanic flows and carved by the patient hand of wind. It lies 10.7 miles west-south-west of Spokane, WA (from Spokane, WA: bearing 255°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north-north-west of Cheney. Rolling hills, cloaked in a mosaic of sagebrush and hardy grasses, stretch to a horizon often painted with the bruised purples and molten golds of sunset. The air here carries a crispness, a dry coolness that speaks of elevation and proximity to the vast, open skies. In the distance, the subtle undulations of the land suggest the slow, inexorable movements of geological time, a quiet grandeur that humbles the observer. The geometric precision of the base’s infrastructure, a stark contrast to the organic sweep of the surrounding terrain, is softened by the vastness of the sky under which it operates. The establishment of Fairchild AFB is a story interwoven with the strategic needs of a nation at peace and at war, a testament to the enduring importance of air power in the Inland Northwest. Its economic pulse beats in rhythm with the operational tempo of the United States Air Force, drawing personnel and their families who in turn contribute to the local fabric, their lives a temporary, yet significant, thread in the larger narrative of Spokane County. While not a place of ancient ruins or well-trodden tourist paths, Fairchild AFB possesses its own distinctive character, a quiet dignity born of its purpose and the vast, untamed beauty of the land it occupies. The sheer scale of its operations, unseen by most, contributes a unique energy to the region, a constant hum of readiness beneath the tranquil surface of the eastern Washington plateau.
Live animated radar for Fairchild AFB and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Fairchild AFB, Spokane County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.6187°N, 117.6484°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99011 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairchild AFB, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairchild AFB, Washington, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Fairchild AFB includes coordinates 47.618700°N, 117.648400°W, situated in Spokane County. ZIP code 99011. Telephone area code: 509. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
