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Angel Fire Airport, New Mexico

Small airport in Colfax County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Angel Fire Airport

Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Taos (NM), 17 miles off.

0Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 10, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Angel Fire Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Angel Fire Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
AXX
ICAO
KAXX
IATA
AXX
Field elevation
8,380 ft
Serves
Angel Fire
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
AXX
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
17 / 358,900 ft100 ftAsphalt182° / 2°CalmCalm
17352,500 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Angel Fire (AXX), Angel Fire Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

32 F at 9 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 25 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
32F
9 PM
Highest
55F
2 PM
Lowest
25F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Angel Fire, temperature from 24.8 to 55.0, the latest 32.4; dew point from 22.3 to 32.8, the latest 26.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF2030405060Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 27 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 12 PM to 93% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
27F
9 PM
Humidity now
79%
Humidity, range
34 to 93%
Relative humidity at Angel Fire, relative humidity from 34 to 93, the latest 79, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

2 mph from the north northeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 11 AM.

Now
2mph
from the north northeast
Strongest
14mph
5 PM
Highest gust
20mph
11 AM
Wind and Gust at Angel Fire, wind from 0 to 14, the latest 2; gust from 16 to 20, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Angel Fire, wind direction from 10 to 310, the latest 20, 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

30.63 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.40 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.63inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.09inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.40inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Angel Fire, pressure, altimeter from 30.23 to 30.63, the latest 30.63, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.2030.3030.4030.5030.6030.70Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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 Angel Fire, visibility from 10.0 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 2,200 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
2,200ft
4 AM
Hours with a base reported
6
Lowest cloud base at Angel Fire, lowest cloud base from 2,200 to 5,000, the latest 5,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,0003,0004,0005,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Angel Fire: 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 Angel Fire 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 now2 instruments

Angel FireAXX

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/8,379 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Palo SnotelTACN5

A snow pillow on a mountain/2.4 mi away/9,350 ft/970 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Angel Fire - InactAGFN5

At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/8,638 ft/258 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Angel Fire 2.0 SSWNM-CL-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/8,703 ft/323 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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