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Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility, Florida

Medium airport in Brevard County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Melbourne (FL), 22 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone28Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility

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 Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
TTS
ICAO
KTTS
IATA
-
Field elevation
10 ft
Serves
Titusville
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
TTS
Wind now
From 70° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
15 / 3315,001 ft300 ftConcrete150° / 330°1 mph head, on 155 mph from the left
15335,000 ftN70° 5 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 Nasa Shuttle Fclty (TTS), Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

77 F at 10 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 70 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now
77F
10 PM
Highest
87F
2 PM
Lowest
70F
4 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Nasa Shuttle Fclty, temperature from 70.0 to 87.3, the latest 77.4; dew point from 67.0 to 73.6, the latest 71.0, 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 71 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 12 PM to 93% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
71F
10 PM
Humidity now
81%
Humidity, range
56 to 93%
Relative humidity at Nasa Shuttle Fclty, relative humidity from 56 to 93, the latest 81, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%5060708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

5 mph from the east northeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 10 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
5mph
from the east northeast
Strongest
8mph
10 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Nasa Shuttle Fclty, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 5, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Nasa Shuttle Fclty, wind direction from 60 to 100, the latest 70, 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

30.06 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.06inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Nasa Shuttle Fclty, pressure, altimeter from 30.02 to 30.09, the latest 30.06, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0230.0430.0630.0830.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Nasa Shuttle Fclty, visibility from 10.0 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 3,000 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
3,000ft
10 AM
Hours with a base reported
7
Lowest cloud base at Nasa Shuttle Fclty, lowest cloud base from 3,000 to 5,500, the latest 3,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft3,0004,0005,0006,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMVFR

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

Nasa Shuttle Fclty: 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 Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility, 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

Nasa Shuttle FcltyTTS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/10 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Titusville 7 E92821

At a climate reference station/0.4 mi away/3 ft/7 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Titusville 1.2 ESEFL-BV-153

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/10 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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