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Marion County Regional Airport, Arkansas

Small airport in Marion County, Arkansas

Precipitation

What has fallen at Marion County Regional Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.79 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.79in

Visibility

How far you can see at Marion County Regional Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
FLP
ICAO
KFLP
IATA
FLP
Field elevation
719 ft
Serves
Flippin
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
FLP
Wind now
From 340° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 225,001 ft75 ftAsphalt51° / 231°3 mph head, on 049 mph from the left
04221,000 ftN340° 9 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 Flippin (AWOS) (FLP), Marion County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

65 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
65F
12 AM
Highest
87F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
65F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Flippin (AWOS), temperature from 65.0 to 87.0, the latest 65.0; dew point from 58.0 to 72.7, the latest 58.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50607080903 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 58 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
58F
12 AM
Humidity now
78%
Humidity, range
43 to 100%
Relative humidity at Flippin (AWOS), relative humidity from 43 to 100, the latest 78, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

15 mph from the north northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 12 AM.

Now
15mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
15mph
12 AM
Highest gust
22mph
12 AM
Wind and Gust at Flippin (AWOS), wind from 0 to 15, the latest 15; gust from 16 to 22, the latest 22, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Flippin (AWOS), wind direction from 100 to 340, the latest 340, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

30.13 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.13inHg
12 AM
3 hours
+0.10inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.09inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Flippin (AWOS), pressure, altimeter from 29.98 to 30.13, the latest 30.13, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9530.0030.0530.1030.153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 0.2 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.2mi
7 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
3
Visibility at Flippin (AWOS), visibility from 0.2 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
3 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Flippin (AWOS), lowest cloud base from 300 to 9,500, the latest 1,800, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Marion County 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 now3 instruments

Flippin (AWOS)FLP

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Hwy 62 HendersonARD31

Beside a road/20.5 mi away/604 ft/115 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Silver HillSVHA4

At a river or reservoir gauge/23.8 mi away/922 ft/203 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Bull Shoals ObsBLLA4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/764 ft/45 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Bull Shoals 0.8 SEAR-BX-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/510 ft/209 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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