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Dillingham Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
DLG
ICAO
PADL
IATA
DLG
Field elevation
81 ft
Serves
Dillingham
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PADL
Wind now
From 350° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
01 / 196,400 ft150 ftAsphalt26° / 206°5 mph head, on 014 mph from the left
01192,000 ftN350° 6 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 Dillingham (PADL), Dillingham Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

37 F at 12 AM; 44 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 37 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
37F
12 AM
Highest
44F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
37F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Dillingham, temperature from 37.2 to 44.0, the latest 37.2; dew point from 36.7 to 42.5, the latest 36.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF36384042443 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 37 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 2 AM Thursday to 99% at 6 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
37F
12 AM
Humidity now
98%
Humidity, range
86 to 99%
Relative humidity at Dillingham, relative humidity from 86 to 99, the latest 98, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%8590951003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

6 mph from the north northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 3 AM Thursday, with a gust of 30 mph at 3 AM Thursday.

Now
6mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
22mph
3 AM Thursday
Highest gust
30mph
3 AM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Dillingham, wind from 5 to 22, the latest 6; gust from 17 to 30, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Dillingham, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 330, 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

29.27 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
29.27inHg
1 AM
3 hours
+0.08inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Dillingham, pressure, altimeter from 29.15 to 29.27, the latest 29.27, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.1029.1529.2029.2529.303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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 Dillingham, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, 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 1,100 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
2,900ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,100ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at Dillingham, lowest cloud base from 1,100 to 4,800, the latest 2,900, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.18 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.18in
Wettest hour
0.05in
8 AM Thursday
Hours with some
14
Precipitation at Dillingham, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.05, the latest trace, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Dillingham 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 now2 instruments

DillinghamPADL

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/95 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily1 instrument

Dillingham 1.6 SEAK-DC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/76 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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