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Boyne Mountain Airport, Michigan

Small airport in Charlevoix County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Boyne Mountain Airport

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 33 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Boyne Mountain Airport

0.58 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.58in
Last 3 days
0.58in

Visibility

How far you can see at Boyne Mountain Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
BFA
ICAO
KBFA
IATA
-
Field elevation
719 ft
Serves
Boyne Falls
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
BFA
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
17 / 355,187 ft100 ftAsphalt169° / 349°CalmCalm
17352,000 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 Boyne Falls (BFA), Boyne Mountain Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

50 F at 3 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.

Now
50F
3 AM
Highest
55F
2 PM Thursday
Lowest
46F
7 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Boyne Falls, temperature from 46.4 to 55.4, the latest 50.0; dew point from 42.8 to 50.0, the latest 50.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF40455055606 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 50 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
50F
3 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
72 to 100%
Relative humidity at Boyne Falls, relative humidity from 72 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7080901006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

3 mph from the west northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 15 mph at 4 PM Thursday.

Now
3mph
from the west northwest
Strongest
8mph
4 PM Thursday
Highest gust
15mph
4 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Boyne Falls, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 3; gust from 14 to 15, the latest 14, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0510156 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Boyne Falls, wind direction from 20 to 360, the latest 300, 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

29.69 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.58 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.69inHg
3 AM
3 hours
-0.03inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.58inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Boyne Falls, pressure, altimeter from 29.68 to 30.27, the latest 29.69, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.2030.406 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 1 mile at 12 AM; 2 miles now.

Now
2mi
Lowest
1mi
12 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Boyne Falls, visibility from 1.0 to 10.0, the latest 1.8, 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 200 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
10 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Boyne Falls, lowest cloud base from 200 to 3,500, the latest 500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.38 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.38in
Wettest hour
0.10in
8 PM Thursday
Hours with some
9
Precipitation at Boyne Falls, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.10, the latest 0.02, 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

Boyne Falls: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Boyne Mountain 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 now4 instruments

Boyne FallsBFA

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/709 ft/10 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

ElmiraMC050

Beside a road/6.4 mi away/1,266 ft/547 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Gaylord CRNGLRM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.4 mi away/1,450 ft/731 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/20.9 mi away/1,461 ft/742 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Boyne FallsBYNM4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/719 ft/level with here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Elmira 2.2 ESEMI-OT-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/1,378 ft/659 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Boyne Falls (BYNM4), 0.5 miles from here, read 6 Oct, 17:00. measured daily

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