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Billings Logan International Airport, Montana

Medium airport in Yellowstone County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Billings Logan International Airport

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Billings (MT), 2 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Billings Logan International Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Billings Logan International Airport, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
BIL
ICAO
KBIL
IATA
BIL
Field elevation
3,652 ft
Serves
Billings
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
BIL
Wind now
From 240° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
07 / 255,501 ft75 ftAsphalt84° / 264°5 mph head, on 252 mph from the left
10L / 28R10,518 ft150 ftAsphalt112° / 292°4 mph head, on 28R5 mph from the left
10R / 28L3,800 ft75 ftAsphalt112° / 292°4 mph head, on 28L5 mph from the left
072510L28R10R28L5,000 ftN240° 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 Billings/Logan INTL (BIL), Billings Logan International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

33 F at 2 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 33 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now
33F
2 AM
Highest
55F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
33F
2 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Billings/Logan INTL, temperature from 33.0 to 55.0, the latest 33.0; dew point from 23.0 to 34.0, the latest 25.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20304050606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 25 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 31% at 1 PM Thursday to 79% at 6 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
25F
2 AM
Humidity now
72%
Humidity, range
31 to 79%
Relative humidity at Billings/Logan INTL, relative humidity from 31 to 79, the latest 72, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%204060806 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

Set aside: the gust read 29 mph in 8 reports in a row from 11 AM Thursday, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of that day's wind is counted.

Now
-
Strongest
-
Highest gust
-
Wind at Billings/Logan INTL, wind from 4 to 6, the latest 6, in miles an hour.WINDmph345676 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Billings/Logan INTL, wind direction from 190 to 240, the latest 200, 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

30.68 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.68inHg
2 AM
3 hours
-0.07inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.21inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Billings/Logan INTL, pressure, altimeter from 30.47 to 30.75, the latest 30.68, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.4030.5030.6030.7030.806 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Billings/Logan INTL, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, 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 5,000 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
5,000ft
4 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
12
Lowest cloud base at Billings/Logan INTL, lowest cloud base from 5,000 to 6,000, the latest 6,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft5,0005,2505,5005,7506,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMVFR

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

Billings/Logan INTL: 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 Billings Logan International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Billings/Logan INTLBIL

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/3,570 ft/82 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Soda Springs RAWSSDAM8

A remote fire weather station/8.9 mi away/3,963 ft/311 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Billings 1.9 WNWMT-YS-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/3,382 ft/270 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Billings Water PlantBWPM8

At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/3,120 ft/532 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Billings Water Plant (BWPM8), 3.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

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