Airports/Alaska/Kenai Municipal Airport

Kenai Municipal Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

39° 47°/37°

Overcast· Feels like 35°·Light breeze 5 mph E

Now. Kenai Municipal Airport is 39° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 6 AM, with some cloud. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 47°, and the coolest Sunday, near 41°. Rain is likely Monday (75%) and Tuesday (77%). Rain is possible Wednesday (40%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 30 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 10 hours 10 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

96%Humidity

96%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

39feels35

11%

Today

Oct 15

4737

77%

26mph

Fri

Oct 16

4733

13%

Sat

Oct 17

4431

Sun

Oct 18

4127

25%

Mon

Oct 19

4129

75%

Tue

Oct 20

4230

77%

30mph

Wed

Oct 21

4132

40%

39°

47°37°

47°33°

44°31°

41°27°

41°29°

42°30°

41°32°

As of 11:00 PM in Kenai Municipal Airport, Alaska.

Airfield

Code: ENA
ICAO: PAEN
IATA: ENA
Field elevation: 99 ft
Serves: Kenai
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: Yes
Its own instrument: PAEN
Wind now: From 20° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
02L / 20R	7,855 ft	150 ft	Asphalt	30° / 210°	5 mph head, on 02L	1 mph from the left
02R / 20L unlit	1,980 ft	75 ft	GVL	28° / 208°	5 mph head, on 02R	1 mph from the left
2W / 20W unlit	4,600 ft	240 ft	Water	-	-	-

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 Kenai Municipal (ASOS) (PAEN), Kenai Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

43 F at 7 PM; 47 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 43 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now: 43F; 7 PM
Highest: 47F; 4 PM
Lowest: 43F; 12 AM

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 41 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 11 AM to 93% at 7 PM.

Dew point now: 41F; 7 PM
Humidity now: 93%
Humidity, range: 58 to 93%

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

Wind

7 mph from the east northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 25 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 41 mph at 11 AM.

Now: 7mph; from the east northeast
Strongest: 25mph; 3 AM
Highest gust: 41mph; 11 AM

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

Pressure

29.23 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.35 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.23inHg; 7 PM
3 hours: +0.06inHg; rising
24 hours: -0.35inHg

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

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 2 PM; 7 miles now.

Now: 7mi
Lowest: 7mi; 2 PM
Hours under a mile: 0

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 3,100 ft at 2 PM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 3,100ft; 2 PM
Hours with a base reported: 20

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

Precipitation

0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 7 PM.

Last 24 hours: 0.02in
Wettest hour: 0.02in; 7 PM
Hours with some: 9

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kenai Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Kenai Municipal (ASOS)PAEN

At an airfield/0.6 mi away/95 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

GW0412 NikiskiG0412

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.9 mi away/137 ft/38 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Sterling Hwy @ DOT Soldotna MS - MP 9SOLA2

Beside a road/9.4 mi away/184 ft/85 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Kenai 29 ENE26563

At a climate reference station/29.2 mi away/282 ft/183 ft above here