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Kotlik Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
2A9
ICAO
PFKO
IATA
KOT
Field elevation
15 ft
Serves
Kotlik
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PFKO
Wind now
From 10° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
02 / 20 unlit4,400 ft100 ftGravel34° / 214°14 mph head, on 026 mph from the left
02201,000 ftN10° 15 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Kotlik (PFKO), Kotlik Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

38 F at 7 PM; 40 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 38 F at its coolest, 10 AM.

Now
38F
7 PM
Highest
40F
12 AM
Lowest
38F
10 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Kotlik, temperature from 37.6 to 40.0, the latest 38.0; dew point from 32.0 to 35.8, the latest 32.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF3234363840Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 32 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 5 PM to 88% at 9 AM.

Dew point now
32F
7 PM
Humidity now
79%
Humidity, range
79 to 88%
Relative humidity at Kotlik, relative humidity from 79 to 88, the latest 79, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%77.58082.58587.590Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

14 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 2 AM.

Now
14mph
from the north
Strongest
28mph
2 AM
Highest gust
35mph
2 AM
Wind and Gust at Kotlik, wind from 14 to 28, the latest 14; gust from 23 to 35, the latest 23, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph10203040Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Kotlik, wind direction from 10 to 30, the latest 10, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.43 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.43inHg
7 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.26inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Kotlik, pressure, altimeter from 29.43 to 29.69, the latest 29.43, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.4029.5029.6029.70Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Kotlik, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,300ft
6 AM
Hours with a base reported
19
Lowest cloud base at Kotlik, lowest cloud base from 1,300 to 12,000, the latest 2,200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Kotlik: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 2 instruments nearest Kotlik Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

KotlikPFKO

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily1 instrument

Kotlik 0.1 SAK-WH-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/2 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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