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Kodiak Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Airfield

Code
ADQ
ICAO
PADQ
IATA
ADQ
Field elevation
78 ft
Serves
Kodiak
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PADQ
Wind now
-

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
01 / 195,010 ft150 ftAsphalt23° / 203°--
08 / 267,534 ft150 ftAsphalt92° / 272°--
11 / 295,400 ft150 ftAsphalt127° / 307°--
0119082611292,500 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Kodiak (ASOS) (PADQ), Kodiak Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

45 F at 1 AM; 48 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 10 AM Thursday.

Now
45F
1 AM
Highest
48F
4 PM Thursday
Lowest
44F
10 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Kodiak (ASOS), temperature from 44.0 to 48.1, the latest 45.0; dew point from 38.0 to 47.0, the latest 38.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF354045503 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 38 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 1 AM to 96% at 2 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
38F
1 AM
Humidity now
76%
Humidity, range
76 to 96%
Relative humidity at Kodiak (ASOS), relative humidity from 76 to 96, the latest 76, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

11 mph from the east at 1 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 12 AM.

Now
11mph
from the east
Strongest
13mph
12 AM
Highest gust
28mph
12 AM
Wind at Kodiak (ASOS), wind from 11 to 13, the latest 11, in miles an hour.WINDmph1111.51212.51313.53 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Kodiak (ASOS), wind direction from 80 to 100, the latest 100, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

29.17 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
29.17inHg
1 AM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.03inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Kodiak (ASOS), pressure, altimeter from 28.95 to 29.17, the latest 29.17, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg28.9029.0029.1029.203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 5 AM Thursday; 8 miles now.

Now
8mi
Lowest
2mi
5 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Kodiak (ASOS), visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,600ft
Lowest in 24 hours
600ft
2 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at Kodiak (ASOS), lowest cloud base from 600 to 2,900, the latest 1,600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFR

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

Precipitation

1.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.21 in, in the hour to 6 AM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
1.06in
Wettest hour
0.21in
6 AM Thursday
Hours with some
15
Precipitation at Kodiak (ASOS), precipitation from 0.00 to 0.21, the latest 0.03, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.100.200.303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Kodiak (ASOS): 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 Kodiak 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

Kodiak (ASOS)PADQ

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/112 ft/34 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily1 instrument

-

Snow on the ground

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