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Bishop International Airport, Michigan

Medium airport in Genesee County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Bishop International Airport

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Flint (MI), 6 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bishop International Airport

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bishop International Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
FNT
ICAO
KFNT
IATA
FNT
Field elevation
782 ft
Serves
Flint
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
FNT
Wind now
From 250° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 277,201 ft150 ftAsphalt88° / 268°15 mph head, on 275 mph from the left
18 / 367,852 ft150 ftAsphalt179° / 359°5 mph head, on 1815 mph from the right
092718362,500 ftN250° 16 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 Flint (FNT), Bishop International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

66 F at 2 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 52 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.

Now
66F
2 AM
Highest
66F
2 AM
Lowest
52F
5 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Flint, temperature from 52.0 to 66.0, the latest 66.0; dew point from 45.0 to 64.0, the latest 64.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF405060706 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 69% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
64F
2 AM
Humidity now
93%
Humidity, range
69 to 97%
Relative humidity at Flint, relative humidity from 69 to 97, the latest 93, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

13 mph from the west southwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 32 mph at 2 AM.

Now
13mph
from the west southwest
Strongest
13mph
2 AM
Highest gust
32mph
2 AM
Wind and Gust at Flint, wind from 4 to 13, the latest 13; gust from 20 to 32, the latest 32, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030406 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Flint, wind direction from 20 to 250, the latest 250, 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

29.65 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.58 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.65inHg
2 AM
3 hours
-0.05inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.58inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Flint, pressure, altimeter from 29.64 to 30.24, the latest 29.65, 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 3 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.

Now
7mi
Lowest
3mi
11 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Flint, visibility from 3.0 to 10.0, the latest 7.0, 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 700 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
700ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Flint, lowest cloud base from 700 to 2,900, the latest 800, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFR

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

Precipitation

0.17 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Wettest hour
0.10in
11 PM Thursday
Hours with some
8
Precipitation at Flint, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.10, 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

Flint: 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 Bishop International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

FlintFNT

At an airfield/0.4 mi away/764 ft/18 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

B-19MC122

Beside a road/4.2 mi away/755 ft/27 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Fenton - Holy RAWSHRAM4

A remote fire weather station/11.0 mi away/889 ft/107 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Flint 2.4 WSWMI-GN-41

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/787 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

FlintFLTM4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/712 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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