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Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station, North Carolina

Medium airport in Pasquotank County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station

Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 49 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Airfield

Code
ECG
ICAO
KECG
IATA
ECG
Field elevation
11 ft
Serves
Elizabeth City
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
ECG
Wind now
From 70° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:54

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
10 / 287,219 ft150 ftConcrete92° / 272°6 mph head, on 103 mph from the left
10282,500 ftN70° 7 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 Elizabeth City (ECG), Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

68 F at 12 AM; 77 F at its warmest, 9 AM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 6 PM Thursday.

Now
68F
12 AM
Highest
77F
9 AM Thursday
Lowest
68F
6 PM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Elizabeth City, temperature from 68.0 to 77.0, the latest 68.0; dew point from 64.0 to 68.0, the latest 65.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60657075803 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 65 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 9 AM Thursday to 90% at 10 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
65F
12 AM
Humidity now
90%
Humidity, range
71 to 90%
Relative humidity at Elizabeth City, relative humidity from 71 to 90, the latest 90, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7075808590953 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

4 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 2 PM Thursday.

Now
4mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
17mph
11 AM Thursday
Highest gust
24mph
2 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Elizabeth City, wind from 1 to 17, the latest 4; gust from 18 to 24, the latest 24, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Elizabeth City, wind direction from 20 to 320, the latest 110, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

30.07 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.07inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.04inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.06inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Elizabeth City, pressure, altimeter from 30.01 to 30.12, the latest 30.07, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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 Elizabeth City, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 900 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
900ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
15
Lowest cloud base at Elizabeth City, lowest cloud base from 900 to 1,700, the latest 900, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft8001,0001,2001,4001,6001,8003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16IFRMVFR

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

Elizabeth City: 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 Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Elizabeth CityECG

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/7 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Elizabeth City RAWSELRN7

A remote fire weather station/8.3 mi away/16 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Tidewater #1S2008

At a soil climate station/38.0 mi away/20 ft/9 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Elizabeth City 1.8 SENC-PS-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/7 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Waste Treatmt PlantEZCN7

At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/6 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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