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US-1616 Weather Ascension Seton Northwest Heliport

Austin, TexasHeliport
OFF-FIELD REFERENCE
Nearest report: KAUS · 13 NM S · 58 min old
No ceiling, visibility 10 SM.
No on-field report, so no field flight category. Conditions at the field may differ.
OFF-FIELD REFERENCE · KAUS
WIND
Calm
no steady wind
VISIBILITY
10 SM
16.1 km
CEILING
None
no BKN/OVC layer
FORECAST & PILOT NOTES · SUPPLEMENTAL

Extended forecast and pilot notes

No current METAR is available for this airport, so there is no observed aviation report to summarize. Forecast suggests today partly sunny, high near 82F, low near 64F, 4% chance of precipitation. Key risks: thunderstorms in the forecast.

PILOT WEATHER NOTES
Thunderstorms in the forecastWeather.gov
Wednesday: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms. Watch for developing convection and plan alternates.
DayConditionsTemp FWindGustsPrecipPilot note
Today Partly Sunny 82/64 SE 4 kt – 4%
Tuesday Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers 82/63 SE 4 kt – 17%
Wednesday Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 84/65 SE 4 kt – 25% Thunderstorms in the forecast
Thursday Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers 79/63 SE 4 kt – 31%
Friday Chance Rain Showers 77/62 ESE 9 kt 17 kt 45%
Saturday Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 81/64 SSE 4 kt – 37%
Sunday Partly Sunny 85/65 SSW 4 kt – 9%

Source: National Weather Service (office EWX). Forecast issued 1654Z.

Radar

Radar data: NOAA/NWS MRMS composite reflectivity. For situational awareness only, not a substitute for an official weather briefing.

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RUNWAYS & WIND
Crosswind calculator
No runway layout is available for US-1616. Enter a runway number or heading to estimate wind components.
DAYLIGHT & NIGHT

Sun & logging windows

Sunset
2348Z 6:48 PM
Sunrise
1241Z 7:41 AM
Loggable night
0013Z (7:13 PM local) → 1216Z (7:16 AM local)
end of evening to start of morning civil twilight
Position lights required
2348Z (6:48 PM local) → 1241Z (7:41 AM local)
sunset to sunrise (91.209)
Night passenger currency
0048Z (7:48 PM local) → 1141Z (6:41 AM local)
1 hr after sunset to 1 hr before sunrise (61.57(b))

FAA definitions, shown in Zulu with airport-local time. Verify for your operation.

AIRPORT INFORMATION

Facility & services

Ascension Seton Northwest Heliport is in Austin, Texas. Airport facts are drawn from OurAirports and the FAA NASR dataset.

OPERATIONS & CONTACT
TypeHeliport
CHARTS & AIRSPACE
ICAO / IATAUS-1616
RegionTexas
CountryUnited States
Coordinates30.4044, -97.7437
SERVICES & LIGHTING
Control towerNon-towered
AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY

US-1616 traffic patterns

2026-09-29 to 2026-09-29, 1 days observed · data 2026-10-25

Low confidence
TRAFFIC VOLUME (30-DAY)
AVG LANDINGS/DAY
1
AVG OPS/DAY
1
Operations trend (1 days)

Busiest day: Tue · Busiest month: Sep

FLEET MIX
Helicopter 100%

Mostly rotorcraft.

TOP AIRCRAFT TYPES
›EC55 (Helicopter) · ~1 landings/mo
Data limitations (4)
›ADS-B coverage is incomplete; counts are an observed lower bound, not official totals.
›Some aircraft do not transmit usable ADS-B and are not counted.
›Aircraft types and based estimates are inferred and may be wrong.
›This is not official ATC, FAA, or airport data.
NEARBY AIRPORTS

Weather reference stations

US-1616 has no on-field report. Nearest reporting station: KAUS (13 NM S, VFR).

KAUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport
13 NM S
VFR
KGRK Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield
40 NM N
VFR
KILE Skylark Field
41 NM N
VFR
KHLR Hood Army Air Field
44 NM N
VFR
KBAZ New Braunfels National Airport
45 NM S
VFR
KTPL Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional Airport
48 NM N
VFR
OFFICIAL LINKS & SOURCES
↗Search NOTAMs (official FAA NOTAM Search)
↗US-1616 on OurAirports
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Does US-1616 have a METAR?
No on-field METAR is issued for US-1616. This page uses the nearest reporting station as a reference.
Does US-1616 have a TAF?
No TAF is issued directly for US-1616. Use the nearest TAF-issuing field as a planning reference.
Is this an official preflight weather briefing for US-1616?
No. wxdecoder.com is for education and situational awareness only. It is not an official weather briefing or a substitute for official sources, NOTAM review, and pilot judgment.
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