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Elim Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Nome Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
ELI
ICAO
PFEL
IATA
ELI
Field elevation
162 ft
Serves
Elim
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PFEL
Wind now
From 310° at 6 mph, read 17 Oct, 02:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
01 / 19 unlit3,401 ft60 ftGravel30° / 210°1 mph head, on 016 mph from the left
01191,000 ftN310° 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 Elim (PFEL), Elim Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

30 F at 2 AM; 36 F at its warmest, 3 PM Friday, and 28 F at its coolest, 10 PM Friday.

Now
30F
2 AM
Highest
36F
3 PM Friday
Lowest
28F
10 PM Friday
Temperature and Dew point at Elim, temperature from 28.4 to 36.0, the latest 30.0; dew point from 21.6 to 28.0, the latest 22.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20253035406 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 22 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 4 AM Friday to 87% at 11 PM Friday.

Dew point now
22F
2 AM
Humidity now
72%
Humidity, range
59 to 87%
Relative humidity at Elim, relative humidity from 59 to 87, the latest 72, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%50607080906 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM

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

Wind

5 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 4 AM Friday, with a gust of 21 mph at 4 AM Friday.

Now
5mph
from the northwest
Strongest
13mph
4 AM Friday
Highest gust
21mph
4 AM Friday
Wind and Gust at Elim, wind from 2 to 13, the latest 5; gust from 17 to 21, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520256 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Elim, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 320, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM

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

Pressure

29.65 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
29.65inHg
3 AM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.27inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Elim, pressure, altimeter from 29.37 to 29.65, the latest 29.65, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.3029.4029.5029.6029.706 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 10 PM Friday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
10 PM Friday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Elim, visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,400 ft at 10 PM Friday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
3,300ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,400ft
10 PM Friday
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Elim, lowest cloud base from 1,400 to 8,000, the latest 3,300, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AMMVFRVFR

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
7 AM Friday
Hours with some
7
Precipitation at Elim, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM

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

Elim: 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 Elim 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

ElimPFEL

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3 ft/159 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rocky Point SnotelRPTA2

A snow pillow on a mountain/34.5 mi away/500 ft/338 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily1 instrument

White MountainWMO

At a cooperative observer's station/33.7 mi away/20 ft/142 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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