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Columbus Airport, Georgia

Medium airport in Muscogee County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Columbus Airport

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Columbus-Phenix City - GA and AL (GA), 0 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone6Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 71, moderate, Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Columbus Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. 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 Columbus Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CSG
ICAO
KCSG
IATA
CSG
Field elevation
397 ft
Serves
Columbus
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
CSG
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:51

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 246,997 ft150 ftAsphalt54° / 234°CalmCalm
13 / 313,997 ft75 ftAsphalt127° / 307°CalmCalm
062413312,500 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 Columbus Metro Arpt (CSG), Columbus Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

66 F at 3 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.

Now
66F
3 AM
Highest
87F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
63F
5 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Columbus Metro Arpt, temperature from 63.0 to 87.0, the latest 66.0; dew point from 61.0 to 65.0, the latest 64.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF607080906 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 64 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 1 PM Thursday to 93% at 2 AM.

Dew point now
64F
3 AM
Humidity now
93%
Humidity, range
42 to 93%
Relative humidity at Columbus Metro Arpt, relative humidity from 42 to 93, the latest 93, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
5mph
1 PM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Columbus Metro Arpt, wind from 0 to 5, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02466 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Columbus Metro Arpt, wind direction from 30 to 330, the latest 30, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.07 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.07inHg
3 AM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.03inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Columbus Metro Arpt, pressure, altimeter from 30.06 to 30.16, the latest 30.07, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.1030.1530.206 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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 Columbus Metro Arpt, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 5,500 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
5,500ft
1 AM
Hours with a base reported
4
Lowest cloud base at Columbus Metro Arpt, lowest cloud base from 5,500 to 6,000, the latest 6,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft5,4005,6005,8006,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMVFR

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

Columbus Metro Arpt: 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 Columbus Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Columbus Metro ArptCSG

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/397 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-185 @ SR 85GA350

Beside a road/0.9 mi away/423 ft/26 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Fort BenningFBGG1

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.2 mi away/361 ft/36 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Columbus STN #2CLMG1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/390 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Columbus 5.6 NNEGA-MS-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/405 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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