Ketchikan INTL Arpt (ASOS)PAKT
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/95 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ketchikan International Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AlaskaHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...Southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. Gusts up to 75 mph at elevations greater than 500 ft. * WHERE...Annette Island and Ketchikan Gateway Borough. * WHEN...Until 7 AM AKDT Friday. * IMPACTS...High winds will blow around unsecured objects, damage property and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highest wind gusts are expected Thursday night into Friday.
Report any damage to the National Weather Service by visiting weather.gov/Juneau/StormReports.
53°
55°/46°
Heavy rain·
Feels like 53°·Moderate breeze 18 mph SSE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Ketchikan International Airport until 7 AM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 6 PM, the chance peaking at 100% around 8 PM.
Now. Ketchikan International Airport is 53° and heavy rain at 6 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south-southeast at 18 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 51° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 53°, and the coolest Sunday, near 47°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%), Saturday (100%), Sunday (99%), Monday (50%), Tuesday (93%) and Wednesday (97%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 7:40 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 31 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
53feels53
84%
18mph
Today
Oct 15
5546
100%
24mph
Fri
Oct 16
5349
100%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5043
100%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
4742
99%
Mon
Oct 19
4940
50%
Tue
Oct 20
5040
93%
21mph
Wed
Oct 21
5043
97%
18mph
53°
55°46°
53°49°
50°43°
47°42°
49°40°
50°40°
50°43°
As of 6:00 PM in Ketchikan International Airport, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- KTN
- ICAO
- PAKT
- IATA
- KTN
- Field elevation
- 89 ft
- Serves
- Ketchikan
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAKT
- Wind now
- From 140° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 18:12
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 7,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 16 mph head, on 11 | 1 mph from the right |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Ketchikan International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.7 mi away/19 ft/70 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Metlakatla 6 S25381
At a climate reference station/22.4 mi away/105 ft/16 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/84 ft/5 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Ketchikan 3.3 WNWAK-KG-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/57 ft/32 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Ketchikan International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ketchikancity, 3 mi
- Saxmancity, 5 mi
- Metlakatlacommunity, 17 mi
- Loringcommunity, 18 mi
- Kasaancity, 31 mi
- Holliscommunity, 38 mi
- Thorne Baycity, 39 mi
- Hydaburgcity, 45 mi
- Klawockcity, 56 mi
- Craigcity, 57 mi
- Coffman Covecity, 62 mi
- Naukati Baycommunity, 68 mi
Airports near Ketchikan International Airport
- Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base5KE, 2 mi
- Metlakatla Seaplane BaseMTM, 16 mi
- Annette Island AirportANN, 23 mi
- Kasaan Seaplane BaseKXA, 30 mi
- Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane BaseHYL, 38 mi
- Thorne Bay Seaplane BaseKTB, 39 mi
- Hydaburg Seaplane BaseHYG, 45 mi
- Klawock AirportAKW, 56 mi