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Acadiana Regional Airport, Louisiana

Medium airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Acadiana Regional Airport

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 16 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good16.1 mi
  • Ozone8Good4 ppb2.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Acadiana Regional Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Acadiana Regional Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
ARA
ICAO
KARA
IATA
ARA
Field elevation
24 ft
Serves
New Iberia
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
ARA
Wind now
From 70° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16 / 348,002 ft200 ftConcrete168° / 348°0 mph head, on 163 mph from the left
16W / 34W unlit5,000 ft150 ftWater---
16342,500 ftN70° 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 New Iberia - Acadiana (ARA), Acadiana Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

68 F at 4 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now
68F
4 AM
Highest
86F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
66F
2 AM
Temperature and Dew point at New Iberia - Acadiana, temperature from 66.0 to 86.0, the latest 68.0; dew point from 65.0 to 72.0, the latest 67.0, 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 67 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 57% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
67F
4 AM
Humidity now
97%
Humidity, range
57 to 100%
Relative humidity at New Iberia - Acadiana, relative humidity from 57 to 100, the latest 97, 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

2 mph from the north northeast at 5 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
2mph
from the north northeast
Strongest
10mph
10 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at New Iberia - Acadiana, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 2, in miles an hour.WINDmph0510156 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at New Iberia - Acadiana, wind direction from 20 to 360, the latest 20, 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 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.07inHg
5 AM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at New Iberia - Acadiana, pressure, altimeter from 30.00 to 30.09, the latest 30.07, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0230.0530.0730.106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.5 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
0.5mi
7 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at New Iberia - Acadiana, visibility from 0.5 to 10.0, the latest 9.0, 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 100 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
8 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
15
Lowest cloud base at New Iberia - Acadiana, lowest cloud base from 100 to 9,000, the latest 9,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMMVFRVFR

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
0.00in
8 PM Thursday
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at New Iberia - Acadiana, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

New Iberia - Acadiana: 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 Acadiana Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

New Iberia - AcadianaARA

At an airfield/0.6 mi away/24 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Lafayette 13 SE53960

At a climate reference station/3.7 mi away/35 ft/11 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

New Iberia 6.1 WNWLA-IB-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/24 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Lsu Iberia Research STNJENL1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/30 ft/6 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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