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Currituck County Regional Airport, North Carolina

Small airport in Currituck County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Currituck County Regional Airport

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 44 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Highest 53, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Currituck County Regional Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Currituck County Regional Airport, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
ONX
ICAO
KONX
IATA
-
Field elevation
18 ft
Serves
Maple
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
ONX
Wind now
From 50° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 235,502 ft150 ftConcrete35° / 215°6 mph head, on 052 mph from the right
05231,000 ftN50° 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 Currituck (ONX), Currituck County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

69 F at 11 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 9 AM, and 68 F at its coolest, 7 PM.

Now
69F
11 PM
Highest
75F
9 AM
Lowest
68F
7 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Currituck, temperature from 68.0 to 74.8, the latest 68.5; dew point from 63.3 to 67.0, the latest 64.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60657075Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW 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 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 9 AM to 86% at 10 PM.

Dew point now
64F
11 PM
Humidity now
86%
Humidity, range
77 to 86%
Relative humidity at Currituck, relative humidity from 77 to 86, the latest 86, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7577.58082.58587.5Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

6 mph from the northeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 24 mph at 10 AM.

Now
6mph
from the northeast
Strongest
16mph
10 AM
Highest gust
24mph
10 AM
Wind and Gust at Currituck, wind from 0 to 16, the latest 6; gust from 16 to 24, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Currituck, wind direction from 30 to 250, the latest 50, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

30.10 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
11 PM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.09inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Currituck, pressure, altimeter from 30.00 to 30.12, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.15Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 10 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
7mi
10 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Currituck, visibility from 7.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,100 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,100ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,100ft
10 AM
Hours with a base reported
14
Lowest cloud base at Currituck, lowest cloud base from 1,100 to 1,300, the latest 1,100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft1,1001,1501,2001,2501,300Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFR

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Currituck County Regional 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 now2 instruments

CurrituckONX

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/18 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Barco 2.3 WNC-CC-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/9 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Waste Treatmt PlantEZCN7

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/6 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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