Gulkana Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Copper River Census Area, Alaska

30° 43°/25°

Partly cloudy· Feels like 30°·Calm 1 mph NE

Now. Gulkana Airport is 30° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 41° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 24° by 7 AM, with some cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 38°, and the coolest Thursday, near 32°. Rain is likely Tuesday (69%). Rain is possible Monday (38%) and Wednesday (37%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 21°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 8 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 9 hours 56 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

100%Humidity

44%Cloud

Now

3:00 AM

30feels30

Today

Oct 16

4325

21%

Sat

Oct 17

3621

10%

Sun

Oct 18

3620

Mon

Oct 19

3821

38%

Tue

Oct 20

3824

69%

Wed

Oct 21

3725

37%

15mph

Thu

Oct 22

3219

19%

30°

43°25°

36°21°

36°20°

38°21°

38°24°

37°25°

32°19°

As of 3:00 AM in Gulkana Airport, Alaska.

Airfield

Code: GKN
ICAO: PAGK
IATA: GKN
Field elevation: 1,586 ft
Serves: Gulkana
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: Yes
Its own instrument: PAGK
Wind now: Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:53

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
15 / 33 unlit	5,001 ft	100 ft	Asphalt	170° / 350°	Calm	Calm

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 Gulkana Arpt (ASOS) (PAGK), Gulkana Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

30 F at 2 AM; 37 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 30 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.

Now: 30F; 2 AM
Highest: 37F; 1 PM Thursday
Lowest: 30F; 6 AM Thursday

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 30 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 PM Thursday.

Dew point now: 30F; 2 AM
Humidity now: 100%
Humidity, range: 64 to 100%

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

Wind

1 mph from the southeast at 3 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 9 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now: 1mph; from the southeast
Strongest: 7mph; 9 PM Thursday
Highest gust: -; none reported

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

Pressure

29.37 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.37inHg; 3 AM
3 hours: -0.02inHg; steady
24 hours: -0.21inHg

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

Visibility

Down to 1 mile at 10 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 1mi; 10 PM Thursday
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 200 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now: 3,800ft
Lowest in 24 hours: 200ft; 8 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported: 24

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

Precipitation

0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours: 0.06in
Wettest hour: 0.02in; 3 PM Thursday
Hours with some: 8

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

Gulkana Arpt (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 Gulkana Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Gulkana Arpt (ASOS)PAGK

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/1,578 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

FW7973 Copper CenterF7973

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/1,298 ft/288 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Glenn Highway @ MP 176GHYA2

Beside a road/13.3 mi away/2,159 ft/573 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Glennallen 3.2 NEAK-VC-8