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Ruby Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
RBY
ICAO
PARY
IATA
RBY
Field elevation
658 ft
Serves
Ruby
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PARY
Wind now
From 40° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:07

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 214,000 ft100 ftGVL51° / 231°7 mph head, on 031 mph from the left
03211,000 ftN40° 7 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 Ruby (PARY), Ruby Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

33 F at 7 PM; 36 F at its warmest, 6 PM, and 28 F at its coolest, 9 AM.

Now
33F
7 PM
Highest
36F
6 PM
Lowest
28F
9 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Ruby, temperature from 28.0 to 35.8, the latest 32.6; dew point from 24.0 to 31.0, the latest 30.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20253035409 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW 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 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 6 PM to 96% at 9 PM Wednesday.

Dew point now
30F
7 PM
Humidity now
90%
Humidity, range
68 to 96%
Relative humidity at Ruby, relative humidity from 68 to 96, the latest 90, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Wind

11 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 25 mph at 7 PM.

Now
11mph
from the north northeast
Strongest
17mph
11 PM Wednesday
Highest gust
25mph
7 PM
Wind and Gust at Ruby, wind from 3 to 17, the latest 11; gust from 18 to 25, the latest 25, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020309 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Ruby, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 30, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Pressure

29.30 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.55 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.30inHg
7 PM
3 hours
-0.03inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.55inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Ruby, pressure, altimeter from 29.30 to 29.85, the latest 29.30, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.2029.4029.6029.8030.009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 1 mile at 7 PM; 1 miles now.

Now
1mi
Lowest
1mi
7 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Ruby, visibility from 1.0 to 10.0, the latest 1.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
9 PM Wednesday
Hours with a base reported
14
Lowest cloud base at Ruby, lowest cloud base from 200 to 12,000, the latest 200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMMVFRVFR

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 7 PM.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Wettest hour
0.01in
7 PM
Hours with some
2
Precipitation at Ruby, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, the latest 0.01, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Ruby: 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 Ruby Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

RubyPARY

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/653 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Galena 6ESE - SNOWTELGANA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/36.8 mi away/197 ft/461 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

-

Snow on the ground

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