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Saline County Regional Airport, Arkansas

Medium airport in Saline County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Saline County Regional Airport

Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 12 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 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Saline County Regional Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 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
0.04in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
SUZ
ICAO
KSUZ
IATA
-
Field elevation
390 ft
Serves
Bryant
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
SUZ
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
02 / 20 unlit5,002 ft100 ftAsphalt20° / 200°CalmCalm
02202,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Benton (SUZ), Saline County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

67 F at 10 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 67 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now
67F
10 PM
Highest
92F
3 PM
Lowest
67F
9 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Benton, temperature from 66.8 to 92.0, the latest 67.4; dew point from 46.4 to 72.8, the latest 56.6, 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 57 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 3 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
57F
10 PM
Humidity now
69%
Humidity, range
21 to 100%
Relative humidity at Benton, relative humidity from 21 to 100, the latest 69, 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 11 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 1 PM.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
11mph
1 PM
Highest gust
20mph
1 PM
Wind and Gust at Benton, wind from 0 to 11, the latest 0; gust from 15 to 20, the latest 15, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Benton, wind direction from 170 to 240, the latest 210, 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

30.03 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.03inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.03inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Benton, pressure, altimeter from 29.97 to 30.09, the latest 30.03, 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 12 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
0.3mi
12 AM
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Benton, visibility from 0.3 to 9.0, the latest 9.0, 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 12 AM; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
3
Lowest cloud base at Benton, lowest cloud base from 200 to 12,000, the latest 12,000, 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

Benton: 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 Saline 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 now4 instruments

BentonSUZ

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/377 ft/13 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-430 & I630 Big RockARD12

Beside a road/11.9 mi away/413 ft/23 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Uapb Campus-PBS2083

At a soil climate station/34.9 mi away/232 ft/158 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Bryant 1.5 SWAR-SL-45

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/360 ft/30 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Benton Water PlantBENA4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/320 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Benton Water Plant (BENA4), 7.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Saline County Regional Airport

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Saline County Regional Airport