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Quinhagak Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Bethel Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
AQH
ICAO
PAQH
IATA
KWN
Field elevation
42 ft
Serves
Quinhagak
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PAQH
Wind now
From 320° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:11

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
12 / 30 unlit4,000 ft75 ftGravel135° / 315°7 mph head, on 301 mph from the right
12301,000 ftN320° 7 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 Quinhagak (PAQH), Quinhagak Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

37 F at 7 PM; 37 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 33 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now
37F
7 PM
Highest
37F
4 PM
Lowest
33F
2 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Quinhagak, temperature from 33.0 to 37.3, the latest 37.3; dew point from 33.0 to 37.1, the latest 35.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF323436389 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 36 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 92% at 10 PM Wednesday to 100% at 2 AM.

Dew point now
36F
7 PM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
92 to 100%
Relative humidity at Quinhagak, relative humidity from 92 to 100, the latest 94, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%929496981009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Wind

12 mph from the north northwest at 7 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 9 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 29 mph at 9 PM Wednesday.

Now
12mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
22mph
9 PM Wednesday
Highest gust
29mph
9 PM Wednesday
Wind and Gust at Quinhagak, wind from 11 to 22, the latest 12; gust from 24 to 29, the latest 24, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph10152025309 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Quinhagak, wind direction from 320 to 360, the latest 330, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Pressure

29.34 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.34inHg
7 PM
3 hours
+0.03inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.11inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Quinhagak, pressure, altimeter from 29.31 to 29.45, the latest 29.34, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.3029.3529.4029.459 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 3 PM; 5 miles now.

Now
5mi
Lowest
2mi
3 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Quinhagak, visibility from 1.5 to 10.0, the latest 5.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
5 AM
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Quinhagak, lowest cloud base from 400 to 7,500, the latest 600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,0009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 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
0.00in
12 PM
Hours with some
6
Precipitation at Quinhagak, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest trace, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Quinhagak: 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 Quinhagak 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

QuinhagakPAQH

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/39 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily1 instrument

Tuntutuliak 14.4 SEAK-WH-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.5 mi away/-3 ft/45 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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