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Klawock Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
AKW
ICAO
PAKW
IATA
KLW
Field elevation
80 ft
Serves
Klawock
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PAKW
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 10:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
02 / 205,000 ft100 ftAsphalt35° / 215°CalmCalm
02202,000 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 Klawock (ASOS) (PAKW), Klawock Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

55 F at 10 AM; 62 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
55F
10 AM
Highest
62F
12 PM Thursday
Lowest
53F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Klawock (ASOS), temperature from 53.0 to 62.0, the latest 55.0; dew point from 47.0 to 55.1, the latest 49.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF455055606512 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 49 F, the air 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 3 AM to 82% at 8 AM.

Dew point now
49F
10 AM
Humidity now
80%
Humidity, range
75 to 82%
Relative humidity at Klawock (ASOS), relative humidity from 75 to 82, the latest 80, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%74767880828412 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Wind

2 mph from the south southwest at 11 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 44 mph at 2 AM.

Now
2mph
from the south southwest
Strongest
19mph
2 AM
Highest gust
44mph
2 AM
Wind and Gust at Klawock (ASOS), wind from 0 to 19, the latest 2; gust from 17 to 44, the latest 38, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph020406012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Klawock (ASOS), wind direction from 70 to 230, the latest 210, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°09018027036012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Pressure

29.72 inHg at 11 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.72inHg
11 AM
3 hours
+0.03inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.12inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Klawock (ASOS), pressure, altimeter from 29.47 to 29.85, the latest 29.72, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.4029.5029.6029.7029.8029.9012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
2mi
6 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Klawock (ASOS), visibility from 1.5 to 9.0, the latest 9.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.51012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,000ft
Lowest in 24 hours
700ft
7 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Klawock (ASOS), lowest cloud base from 700 to 2,600, the latest 1,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft5001,0001,5002,0002,5003,00012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMIFRMVFR

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

Klawock (ASOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Klawock 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 now3 instruments

Klawock (ASOS)PAKW

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/49 ft/31 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

CraigCRGA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.6 mi away/31 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Klawock AirportAKW

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/68 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Craig 0.8 SSWAK-PW-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/36 ft/44 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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