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St Mary's Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
KSM
ICAO
PASM
IATA
KSM
Field elevation
312 ft
Serves
St Mary's
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PASM
Wind now
From 300° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:14

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
07 / 251,520 ft60 ftGVL78° / 258°10 mph head, on 259 mph from the right
17 / 355,997 ft150 ftGVL182° / 2°6 mph head, on 3511 mph from the left
072517352,500 ftN300° 13 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 Saint Mary S (AWOS) (PASM), St Mary's Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

34 F at 11 AM; 38 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 32 F at its coolest, 9 AM.

Now
34F
11 AM
Highest
38F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
32F
9 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Saint Mary S (AWOS), temperature from 32.0 to 38.0, the latest 33.8; dew point from 28.0 to 34.0, the latest 30.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF27.53032.53537.54012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 5 PM Thursday to 92% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
30F
11 AM
Humidity now
86%
Humidity, range
79 to 92%
Relative humidity at Saint Mary S (AWOS), relative humidity from 79 to 92, the latest 86, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%758085909512 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Wind

13 mph from the west northwest at 11 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 4 PM Thursday.

Now
13mph
from the west northwest
Strongest
23mph
4 PM Thursday
Highest gust
32mph
4 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Saint Mary S (AWOS), wind from 11 to 23, the latest 13; gust from 20 to 32, the latest 20, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph1020304012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Saint Mary S (AWOS), wind direction from 300 to 360, the latest 300, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°09018027036012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Pressure

29.50 inHg at 11 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
29.50inHg
11 AM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.03inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Saint Mary S (AWOS), pressure, altimeter from 29.38 to 29.50, the latest 29.50, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.3529.4029.4529.5012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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 Saint Mary S (AWOS), visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.51012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,000 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
2,800ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,000ft
1 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Saint Mary S (AWOS), lowest cloud base from 1,000 to 7,000, the latest 2,800, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,00012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMMVFRVFR

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

Saint Mary S (AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 2 instruments nearest St Mary's 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 now2 instruments

Saint Mary S (AWOS)PASM

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/312 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Reindeer RiverRDRA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/31.6 mi away/107 ft/205 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

-

Snow on the ground

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