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Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport, Michigan

Medium airport in Wayne County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Southeast (MI), 19 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good1.5 mi
  • Ozone18Good18 ppb1.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good8.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb1.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb7.9 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0 ppm7.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.24in

Visibility

How far you can see at Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 5 AM.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
DET
ICAO
KDET
IATA
DET
Field elevation
626 ft
Serves
Detroit
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
DET
Wind now
From 290° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
15 / 335,092 ft100 ftAsphalt144° / 324°5 mph head, on 333 mph from the left
15332,000 ftN290° 6 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 Detroit/City Air (DET), Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

57 F at 11 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 3 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 10 AM.

Now
57F
11 AM
Highest
69F
3 AM
Lowest
57F
10 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Detroit/City Air, temperature from 57.0 to 68.5, the latest 57.0; dew point from 48.0 to 66.0, the latest 48.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF405060703 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 48 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 1 PM Thursday to 96% at 11 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
48F
11 AM
Humidity now
72%
Humidity, range
70 to 96%
Relative humidity at Detroit/City Air, relative humidity from 70 to 96, the latest 72, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Wind

10 mph from the west northwest at 12 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 6 AM.

Now
10mph
from the west northwest
Strongest
14mph
2 AM
Highest gust
31mph
6 AM
Wind and Gust at Detroit/City Air, wind from 6 to 14, the latest 10; gust from 20 to 31, the latest 26, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030403 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Detroit/City Air, wind direction from 70 to 300, the latest 300, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Pressure

29.86 inHg at 12 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.86inHg
12 PM
3 hours
+0.06inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.27inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Detroit/City Air, pressure, altimeter from 29.65 to 30.13, the latest 29.86, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.203 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
11 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Detroit/City Air, visibility from 1.8 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
2,500ft
Lowest in 24 hours
600ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Detroit/City Air, lowest cloud base from 600 to 2,900, the latest 2,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMLIFRIFRMVFR

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

Precipitation

0.23 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.23in
Wettest hour
0.14in
11 PM Thursday
Hours with some
5
Precipitation at Detroit/City Air, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.14, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.153 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Detroit/City Air: 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 Coleman A. Young 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 now3 instruments

Detroit/City AirDET

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/623 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I75S-MM060.1MC142

Beside a road/6.0 mi away/620 ft/6 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

St Clair ShoresCLSM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.0 mi away/581 ft/45 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Hamtramck 0.0 NNEMI-WY-161

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/627 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Detroit - Eastside CommECNM4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/594 ft/32 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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