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Butler Municipal Airport, Georgia

Small airport in Taylor County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Butler Municipal Airport

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Warner Robins (GA), 38 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Butler Municipal 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 Butler Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
6A1
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
667 ft
Serves
Butler
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
6A1
Wind now
From 210° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 24 unlit2,405 ft180 ftGrass62° / 242°3 mph head, on 242 mph from the left
18 / 364,000 ft70 ftAsphalt180° / 0°3 mph head, on 181 mph from the right
062418361,000 ftN210° 3 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 Butler (6A1), Butler Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

72 F at 11 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 72 F at its coolest, 10 PM.

Now
72F
11 PM
Highest
88F
3 PM
Lowest
72F
10 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Butler, temperature from 71.6 to 87.8, the latest 72.0; dew point from 61.3 to 63.3, the latest 62.4, 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 62 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 3 PM to 74% at 9 PM.

Dew point now
62F
11 PM
Humidity now
72%
Humidity, range
41 to 74%
Relative humidity at Butler, relative humidity from 41 to 74, the latest 72, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4050607080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

3 mph from the south southwest at 11 PM; at its strongest 5 mph, 3 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
3mph
from the south southwest
Strongest
5mph
3 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Butler, wind from 3 to 5, the latest 3, in miles an hour.WINDmph33.544.55Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Butler, wind direction from 30 to 360, 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

30.10 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Butler, pressure, altimeter from 30.08 to 30.10, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0730.0830.0930.10Oct 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 Butler, 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 6,000 ft at 4 PM; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
6,000ft
4 PM
Hours with a base reported
3
Lowest cloud base at Butler, lowest cloud base from 6,000 to 6,000, the latest 6,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft59995999.560006000.56001Oct 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

Butler: 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 Butler Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Butler6A1

At an airfield/0.4 mi away/666 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-75 @ SR 7GA347

Beside a road/30.0 mi away/384 ft/283 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Butler 8.3 NNWGA-TY-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/669 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

TalbottonTALG1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.8 mi away/584 ft/83 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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