Wasilla Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

44° 49°/37°

Overcast· Feels like 38°·Gentle breeze 13 mph ENE

Now. Wasilla Airport is 44° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 13 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 47°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 39°. Rain is likely Tuesday (61%). Rain is possible tomorrow (31%), Monday (39%) and Wednesday (33%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.

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 5 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

73%Humidity

99%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

44feels38

10%

13mph

Today

Oct 15

4937

26%

Fri

Oct 16

4736

31%

Sat

Oct 17

4132

Sun

Oct 18

4029

Mon

Oct 19

4131

39%

Tue

Oct 20

4233

61%

Wed

Oct 21

3932

33%

44°

49°37°

47°36°

41°32°

40°29°

41°31°

42°33°

39°32°

As of 11:00 PM in Wasilla Airport, Alaska.

Airfield

Code: IYS
ICAO: PAWS
IATA: WWA
Field elevation: 354 ft
Serves: Wasilla
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: PAWS
Wind now: From 60° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
04 / 22 unlit	3,700 ft	75 ft	Asphalt	56° / 236°	15 mph head, on 04	1 mph from the right
04S / 22S unlit	1,690 ft	60 ft	Turf	56° / 236°	15 mph head, on 04S	1 mph from the right

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 Wasilla New Arpt (PAWS), Wasilla Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

43 F at 7 PM; 49 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 6 PM.

Now: 43F; 7 PM
Highest: 49F; 1 PM
Lowest: 42F; 6 PM

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 35 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 11 AM to 76% at 4 PM.

Dew point now: 35F; 7 PM
Humidity now: 73%
Humidity, range: 47 to 76%

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

Wind

10 mph from the east northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 39 mph at 5 AM.

Now: 10mph; from the east northeast
Strongest: 24mph; 1 PM
Highest gust: 39mph; 5 AM

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

Pressure

29.30 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.39 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.30inHg; 7 PM
3 hours: +0.07inHg; rising
24 hours: -0.39inHg

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

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 3,100 ft at 4 PM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 3,100ft; 4 PM
Hours with a base reported: 15

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

Precipitation

0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 4 PM.

Last 24 hours: 0.01in
Wettest hour: 0.01in; 4 PM
Hours with some: 3

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

Wasilla New Arpt: 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 Wasilla 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 now3 instruments

Wasilla New ArptPAWS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/371 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

NL3D AnchorageAT961

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/445 ft/91 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Big Lake - Parks Highway at Hawk LaneHKLA2

Beside a road/6.8 mi away/230 ft/124 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Wasilla 2.7 NWAK-MS-14