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Lansing Municipal Airport, Illinois

Small airport in Cook County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Lansing Municipal Airport

Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 9 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good4.8 mi
  • Ozone13Good11 ppb7.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)16Good12.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.3 ppb12.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb7.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lansing Municipal Airport

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lansing Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
IGQ
ICAO
KIGQ
IATA
-
Field elevation
620 ft
Serves
Chicago
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
IGQ
Wind now
From 290° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 273,395 ft75 ftAsphalt90° / 270°12 mph head, on 274 mph from the right
18 / 364,002 ft75 ftAsphalt180° / 0°4 mph head, on 3612 mph from the left
092718362,000 ftN290° 13 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 Chicago/Lansing (IGQ), Lansing Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

66 F at 10 PM; 69 F at its warmest, 8 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
66F
10 PM
Highest
69F
8 PM
Lowest
58F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Chicago/Lansing, temperature from 57.7 to 69.0, the latest 66.1; dew point from 50.3 to 66.4, the latest 63.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5055606570Oct 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 63 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 1 AM to 98% at 7 PM.

Dew point now
63F
10 PM
Humidity now
91%
Humidity, range
73 to 98%
Relative humidity at Chicago/Lansing, relative humidity from 73 to 98, the latest 91, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

14 mph from the west at 10 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 9 PM, with a gust of 29 mph at 9 PM.

Now
14mph
from the west
Strongest
17mph
9 PM
Highest gust
29mph
9 PM
Wind and Gust at Chicago/Lansing, wind from 4 to 17, the latest 14; gust from 16 to 29, the latest 22, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Chicago/Lansing, wind direction from 50 to 270, the latest 260, 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

29.77 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.77inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.38inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Chicago/Lansing, pressure, altimeter from 29.76 to 30.16, the latest 29.77, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.7029.8029.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 7 PM; 5 miles now.

Now
5mi
Lowest
3mi
7 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Chicago/Lansing, visibility from 2.5 to 10.0, the latest 5.0, 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 500 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
500ft
7 PM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Chicago/Lansing, lowest cloud base from 500 to 3,400, the latest 1,100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Chicago/Lansing: 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 Lansing Municipal 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 now2 instruments

Chicago/LansingIGQ

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/617 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Chicago Heights - ISWSCVTI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/632 ft/12 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Lansing 2SLNSI2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/614 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Sauk Village 0.5 ESEIL-CK-221

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/655 ft/35 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lansing 2S (LNSI2), 0.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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