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Shageluk Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
SHX
ICAO
PAHX
IATA
SHX
Field elevation
79 ft
Serves
Shageluk
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
PAHX
Wind now
From 20° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:02

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16 / 34 unlit3,400 ft75 ftGravel180° / 0°12 mph head, on 344 mph from the right
18W / 36W unlit5,000 ft1,000 ftWater---
16341,000 ftN20° 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 Shageluk (PAHX), Shageluk Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

35 F at 7 PM; 38 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 34 F at its coolest, 10 AM.

Now
35F
7 PM
Highest
38F
4 PM
Lowest
34F
10 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Shageluk, temperature from 34.0 to 37.7, the latest 35.0; dew point from 28.0 to 34.0, the latest 28.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF27.53032.53537.540Oct 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 28 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 4 PM to 98% at 9 AM.

Dew point now
28F
7 PM
Humidity now
75%
Humidity, range
68 to 98%
Relative humidity at Shageluk, relative humidity from 68 to 98, the latest 75, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%60708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

10 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 30 mph at 4 AM.

Now
10mph
from the north
Strongest
20mph
2 PM
Highest gust
30mph
4 AM
Wind and Gust at Shageluk, wind from 10 to 20, the latest 10; gust from 16 to 30, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph1015202530Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Shageluk, wind direction from 10 to 50, the latest 10, 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

29.30 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.36 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.30inHg
7 PM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.36inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Shageluk, pressure, altimeter from 29.30 to 29.66, the latest 29.30, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.3029.4029.5029.6029.70Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 5 miles at 6 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
5mi
6 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Shageluk, visibility from 5.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, 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 800 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
800ft
6 AM
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at Shageluk, lowest cloud base from 800 to 3,400, the latest 2,700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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
0.00in
12 AM
Hours with some
8
Precipitation at Shageluk, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest trace, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Shageluk: 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 Shageluk 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

ShagelukPAHX

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/56 ft/23 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily1 instrument

Shageluk 0.5 ESEAK-YC-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/69 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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