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Jacksonville International Airport, Florida

Large airport in Duval County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Jacksonville International Airport

Index 92, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Jacksonville (FL), 11 miles off.

92Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)92Moderate6.2 mi
  • Ozone18Good5 ppb6.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)46Good9.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.6 ppb9.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb9.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm16.5 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Jacksonville International 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 Jacksonville International Airport, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
JAX
ICAO
KJAX
IATA
JAX
Field elevation
30 ft
Serves
Jacksonville
Kind
Large airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
JAX
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
08 / 2610,000 ft150 ftConcrete70° / 250°CalmCalm
14 / 327,701 ft150 ftConcrete131° / 311°CalmCalm
082614322,500 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 Jacksonville Intl (JAX), Jacksonville International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

70 F at 10 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 65 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
70F
10 PM
Highest
86F
1 PM
Lowest
65F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Jacksonville Intl, temperature from 64.7 to 86.0, the latest 70.0; dew point from 63.0 to 71.0, the latest 68.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090Oct 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 68 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 1 PM to 100% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
68F
10 PM
Humidity now
93%
Humidity, range
46 to 100%
Relative humidity at Jacksonville Intl, relative humidity from 46 to 100, the latest 93, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 5 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
9mph
5 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Jacksonville Intl, wind from 0 to 9, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Jacksonville Intl, wind direction from 70 to 270, the latest 80, 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

30.08 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.00inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Jacksonville Intl, pressure, altimeter from 30.05 to 30.14, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.0730.1030.1330.15Oct 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 7 AM, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
7 AM
Hours under a mile
5
Visibility at Jacksonville Intl, 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 100 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
4 AM
Hours with a base reported
16
Lowest cloud base at Jacksonville Intl, lowest cloud base from 100 to 4,600, the latest 4,000, 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

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Jacksonville International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Jacksonville IntlJAX

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/20 ft/10 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Eddy Tower RAWSEDTF1

A remote fire weather station/39.2 mi away/121 ft/91 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Jacksonville 10.6 NNWFL-DV-91

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/35 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Forestry ServiceJACF1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/92 ft/62 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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