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Fresno Chandler Executive Airport, California

Small airport in Fresno County, California

Air quality

The air at Fresno Chandler Executive Airport

Index 80, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Fresno (CA), 4 miles off.

80Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate-
  • Ozone36Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)80Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fresno Chandler Executive Airport

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fresno Chandler Executive Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
FCH
ICAO
KFCH
IATA
FCH
Field elevation
279 ft
Serves
Fresno
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
FCH
Wind now
-

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
12 / 303,627 ft75 ftAsphalt126° / 306°--
12301,000 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 Fresno - Chandler (FCH), Fresno Chandler Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

79 F at 1 PM; 79 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 54 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
79F
1 PM
Highest
79F
1 PM
Lowest
54F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Fresno - Chandler, temperature from 53.6 to 79.4, the latest 79.4; dew point from 33.8 to 39.8, the latest 35.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080Oct 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 35 F, the air 20% saturated; the humidity ran from 20% at 1 PM to 58% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
35F
1 PM
Humidity now
20%
Humidity, range
20 to 58%
Relative humidity at Fresno - Chandler, relative humidity from 20 to 58, the latest 20, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%2030405060Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

5 mph from the west northwest at 1 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 12 mph at 1 PM.

Now
5mph
from the west northwest
Strongest
6mph
12 PM
Highest gust
12mph
1 PM
Wind at Fresno - Chandler, wind from 0 to 6, the latest 5, in miles an hour.WINDmph02468Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Fresno - Chandler, wind direction from 110 to 290, the latest 290, 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

30.11 inHg at 1 PM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.11inHg
1 PM
3 hours
-0.07inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Fresno - Chandler, pressure, altimeter from 30.11 to 30.19, the latest 30.11, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.1030.1330.1530.1830.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.8 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.8mi
7 AM
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Fresno - Chandler, visibility from 0.8 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 2 AM; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
2 AM
Hours with a base reported
6
Lowest cloud base at Fresno - Chandler, lowest cloud base from 200 to 4,600, the latest 500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,000Oct 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

Fresno - Chandler: 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 Fresno Chandler Executive 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

Fresno - ChandlerFCH

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/315 ft/36 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Fresno 2.8 SCA-FR-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/288 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Fresno 5 NEFYIC1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/328 ft/49 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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