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Koliganek Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
JZZ
ICAO
PAJZ
IATA
KGK
Field elevation
269 ft
Serves
Koliganek
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PAJZ
Wind now
From 330° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 27 unlit3,300 ft75 ftGravel107° / 287°7 mph head, on 276 mph from the right
09271,000 ftN330° 9 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 Koliganek (PAJZ), Koliganek Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

35 F at 7 PM; 41 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 35 F at its coolest, 7 PM.

Now
35F
7 PM
Highest
41F
12 AM
Lowest
35F
7 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Koliganek, temperature from 34.8 to 41.0, the latest 34.8; dew point from 33.9 to 40.0, the latest 33.9, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF323436384042Oct 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 34 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 85% at 2 PM to 100% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
34F
7 PM
Humidity now
97%
Humidity, range
85 to 100%
Relative humidity at Koliganek, relative humidity from 85 to 100, the latest 97, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%859095100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

8 mph from the north northwest at 7 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 23 mph at 9 AM.

Now
8mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
15mph
12 PM
Highest gust
23mph
9 AM
Wind and Gust at Koliganek, wind from 8 to 15, the latest 8; gust from 17 to 23, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph510152025Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Koliganek, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 330, 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

29.24 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.24inHg
7 PM
3 hours
+0.03inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.18inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Koliganek, pressure, altimeter from 29.19 to 29.42, the latest 29.24, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.1029.2029.3029.4029.50Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 4 miles at 5 PM; 6 miles now.

Now
6mi
Lowest
4mi
5 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Koliganek, visibility from 4.0 to 8.0, the latest 6.0, 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 700 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
700ft
7 PM
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at Koliganek, lowest cloud base from 700 to 5,000, the latest 700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Koliganek: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 1 instruments nearest Koliganek 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 now1 instrument

KoliganekPAJZ

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/269 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

-

Snow on the ground

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