Nice metar

[Alvega 2,119]

KMWN 120353Z 27079G95KT 0SM +RA FG VV000 02/02 RMK PK WND 260101/51 PRESRR

Tried to check it on the sim but the airport doesn't exist?

[Bill Griffith 160]

Apparently that is the Mount Washington weather station.

https://www.checkwx.com/weather/KMWN

[Alvega 2,119]

Yeah, but it's not in the sim. It's not an airport?

Edited December 12, 2021 by Alvega

[sd_flyer 6,034]

11 minutes ago, Alvega said:

Yeah, but it's not in the sim. It's not an airport?

Weather station is not an airport LOL So no!

[Alvega 2,119]

2 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

Weather station is not an airport LOL So no!

Oh, thought it was a weather station on the airport.

[sd_flyer 6,034]

1 hour ago, Alvega said:

Oh, thought it was a weather station on the airport.

If airport located in US you can always try to find it at airbav.com If it's not listed then 99.9% it doesn't exist!

[Redge 240]

Mt. Washington was for years known as the windiest place on Earth. I think they’ve got some other wacky records too.

https://www.mountwashington.org/about-us/history/world-record-wind.aspx

[Stearmandriver 2,244]

Yup, Mount Washington is not an airport. There are several automated weather observation stations in the U.S. that feed METARs into the system, but aren't airports. Usually they're locations that offer relevant weather for someone; on Mount Washington it might just be for research.  Many mountain passes that highways cross have these for instance; I think primarily intended for drivers, but very helpful for anyone dumb enough to be, say, flying a VFR-only biplane cross-country.  😁

[martinboehme 492]

One way you can tell directly that it's not an airport is that it's missing the altimeter setting. 

[turbomax 3,269]

KHIE Mount Washington Rgnl is the closest airport only 8 nm distance, winds there are strong currently, but still "mild" compared to KMWN: 

https://aviationweather.gov

KHIE (Mt Washington Rgnl, NH, US)
	KHIE 121052Z AUTO 27008G21KT 10SM BKN048 OVC055 01/M07 A2973 RMK AO2 PK WND 30035/1015 SLP076 T00111067

KMWN (Mount Washington(OBS, NH, US)
	KMWN 121051Z 29077G90KT 0SM -SN FZFG BLSN VV000 M12/M12 RMK PK WND 300101/30 VRY LGT ICG

Edited December 12, 2021 by turbomax

[jrw4 624]

Just to be clear about the Mt. Washington weather station, it's at the top of the mountain, over 6,200 MSL. It's reachable by the Mt. Washington Auto Road or by a cog railway. It's the highest point in the northeastern United States. KHIE is in Whitefield, NH, around 1,100 MSL, even though it's close by.

The Wikipedia entry for the mountain includes the phrase:

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The mountain is notorious for its erratic weather.

Indeed. I heard once that one reason for the wild winds during the winter is the proximity of the polar jet stream, which occasionally develops a vertical "kink" that dips low enough to impact the top of the mountain. That might explain those 200+ mph peak wind speeds which have been recorded up there.

Unfortunately, the MSFS mesh isn't particularly good in the Presidential Range or Mount Washington Valley to its south, so many interesting topographical features look like mild hills. Maybe one day these will be spruced up a bit, and we'll be able to see the ledges that rise vertically from the valley's floor. The flight sim representation is much improved in X Plane by the use of the HD mesh that is available for the eastern US, so it can be done.

[DMullert 216]

7 hours ago, sd_flyer said:

If airport located in US you can always try to find it at airbav.com If it's not listed then 99.9% it doesn't exist!

ehhhh - airnav.com

[turbomax 3,269]

9 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

flying a VFR-only biplane cross-country

29077G90KT 0SM -SN FZFG BLSN VV000 M12/M12

if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere 😊

took a flight today from nearby KHIE Mount Washingtion Rgnl towards the KMWN weather station. yes I could see it clearly on the summit of the mountain in broad daylight/sunshine, complete opposite of what the real world Metar shows. so unfortunately MSFS gives a word not allowed since it is not derived from an airport

Edited December 12, 2021 by turbomax

[Konterhalbe 295]

12 hours ago, Alvega said:

KMWN 120353Z 27079G95KT 0SM +RA FG VV000 02/02 RMK PK WND 260101/51 PRESRR

Tried to check it on the sim but the airport doesn't exist?

Was about to comment that this is just a commonly Vagar METAR but then I saw KMWN...