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Shaktoolik Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Nome Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
2C7
ICAO
PFSH
IATA
SKK
Field elevation
24 ft
Serves
Shaktoolik
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PFSH
Wind now
From 10° at 23 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 32 unlit4,001 ft75 ftGravel157° / 337°19 mph head, on 3213 mph from the right
14321,000 ftN10° 23 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 Shaktoolik (PFSH), Shaktoolik Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

34 F at 7 PM; 37 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 34 F at its coolest, 6 PM.

Now
34F
7 PM
Highest
37F
12 AM
Lowest
34F
6 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Shaktoolik, temperature from 34.0 to 37.0, the latest 34.0; dew point from 28.0 to 33.0, the latest 29.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF27.53032.53537.5Oct 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 29 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 9 AM to 85% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
29F
7 PM
Humidity now
82%
Humidity, range
72 to 85%
Relative humidity at Shaktoolik, relative humidity from 72 to 85, the latest 82, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7075808590Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Set aside today: the wind read 25 mph in 7 reports in a row from 5 AM, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of the day's wind is counted.

Now
-
Strongest
-
Highest gust
-

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

Pressure

29.40 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.40inHg
7 PM
3 hours
-0.06inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.38inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Shaktoolik, pressure, altimeter from 29.40 to 29.78, the latest 29.40, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.3029.4029.5029.6029.7029.80Oct 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 Shaktoolik, 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 6,500 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
6,500ft
5 AM
Hours with a base reported
13
Lowest cloud base at Shaktoolik, lowest cloud base from 6,500 to 9,000, the latest 8,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft6,0007,0008,0009,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMVFR

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 1 instruments nearest Shaktoolik 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

ShaktoolikPFSH

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/23 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

-

Snow on the ground

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