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Golovin Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Nome Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
GLV
ICAO
PAGL
IATA
GLV
Field elevation
59 ft
Serves
Golovin
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PAGL
Wind now
From 330° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 214,000 ft75 ftGRAVEL-G36° / 216°3 mph head, on 037 mph from the left
03211,000 ftN330° 8 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 Golovin (PAGL), Golovin Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

37 F at 7 PM; 39 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 35 F at its coolest, 11 PM Wednesday.

Now
37F
7 PM
Highest
39F
3 PM
Lowest
35F
11 PM Wednesday
Temperature and Dew point at Golovin, temperature from 35.0 to 39.0, the latest 37.0; dew point from 25.0 to 31.0, the latest 26.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF25303540Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 26 F, the air 64% saturated; the humidity ran from 57% at 5 PM to 85% at 11 PM Wednesday.

Dew point now
26F
7 PM
Humidity now
64%
Humidity, range
57 to 85%
Relative humidity at Golovin, relative humidity from 57 to 85, the latest 64, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%5060708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

11 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 5 AM.

Now
11mph
from the north
Strongest
20mph
5 AM
Highest gust
31mph
5 AM
Wind and Gust at Golovin, wind from 9 to 20, the latest 11; gust from 17 to 31, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph010203040Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Golovin, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 350, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

29.47 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.47inHg
7 PM
3 hours
-0.03inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.37inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Golovin, pressure, altimeter from 29.47 to 29.85, the latest 29.47, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.4029.5029.6029.7029.8029.90Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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 Golovin, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 7,000 ft at 1 PM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
7,000ft
1 PM
Hours with a base reported
18
Lowest cloud base at Golovin, lowest cloud base from 7,000 to 12,000, the latest 9,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft6,0008,00010,00012,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMVFR

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
-
Hours with some
0

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

Golovin: 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 Golovin Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

GolovinPAGL

At an airfield/1.1 mi away/26 ft/33 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rocky Point SnotelRPTA2

A snow pillow on a mountain/12.4 mi away/500 ft/441 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily1 instrument

White MountainWMO

At a cooperative observer's station/14.8 mi away/20 ft/39 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alaska

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Near Golovin Airport