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Conway Regional Airport, Arkansas

Small airport in Faulkner County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Conway Regional Airport

Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 24 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Highest 55, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Conway Regional Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Conway Regional Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CXW
ICAO
KCXW
IATA
-
Field elevation
276 ft
Serves
Conway
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
CXW
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 226,005 ft100 ftconcrete---

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Conway (CXW), Conway Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

69 F at 10 PM; 94 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 69 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now
69F
10 PM
Highest
94F
3 PM
Lowest
69F
9 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Conway, temperature from 68.6 to 93.8, the latest 69.2; dew point from 49.4 to 78.2, the latest 60.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 60 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 23% at 1 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
60F
10 PM
Humidity now
73%
Humidity, range
23 to 100%
Relative humidity at Conway, relative humidity from 23 to 100, the latest 73, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 22 mph at 12 PM.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
18mph
1 PM
Highest gust
22mph
12 PM
Wind and Gust at Conway, wind from 0 to 18, the latest 0; gust from 13 to 22, the latest 15, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Conway, wind direction from 60 to 270, the latest 190, 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

30.01 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.01inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Conway, pressure, altimeter from 29.95 to 30.06, the latest 30.01, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9530.0030.0530.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
4 AM
Hours under a mile
2
Visibility at Conway, visibility from 0.3 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 200 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
4 AM
Hours with a base reported
10
Lowest cloud base at Conway, lowest cloud base from 200 to 12,000, the latest 4,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,000Oct 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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Conway Regional 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 now4 instruments

ConwayCXW

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/268 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Uapb Point Remove ScanPOIA4

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.6 mi away/315 ft/39 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Uapb Point RemoveS2090

At a soil climate station/24.6 mi away/315 ft/39 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Bigelow 1.9 NEAR-PY-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/289 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

ConwayCNYA4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/322 ft/46 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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