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Elko Regional Airport, Nevada

Medium airport in Elko County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Elko Regional Airport

Index 10, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Elko (NV), 2 miles off.

10Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good1.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elko Regional Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elko Regional Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
EKO
ICAO
KEKO
IATA
EKO
Field elevation
5,140 ft
Serves
Elko
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
EKO
Wind now
From 110° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 247,214 ft150 ftAsphalt69° / 249°6 mph head, on 065 mph from the right
12 / 30 unlit3,015 ft60 ftAsphalt135° / 315°7 mph head, on 123 mph from the left
062412302,500 ftN110° 8 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 Elko (EKO), Elko Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

51 F at 8 PM; 67 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 30 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
51F
8 PM
Highest
67F
2 PM
Lowest
30F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Elko, temperature from 30.0 to 67.0, the latest 51.0; dew point from 20.0 to 35.0, the latest 25.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080Oct 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 25 F, the air 36% saturated; the humidity ran from 17% at 4 PM to 96% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
25F
8 PM
Humidity now
36%
Humidity, range
17 to 96%
Relative humidity at Elko, relative humidity from 17 to 96, the latest 36, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%020406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

8 mph from the northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 25 mph at 2 PM.

Now
8mph
from the northeast
Strongest
15mph
2 PM
Highest gust
25mph
2 PM
Wind and Gust at Elko, wind from 0 to 15, the latest 8; gust from 22 to 25, the latest 22, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Elko, wind direction from 30 to 260, 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

30.54 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.54inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.06inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.17inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Elko, pressure, altimeter from 30.37 to 30.54, the latest 30.54, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.3530.4030.4530.5030.55Oct 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 Elko, 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

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

Elko: 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 Elko Regional Airport, 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

ElkoEKO

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Crane SpringsCRSN2

At a river or reservoir gauge/25.4 mi away/6,407 ft/1,267 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

RubyS2229

At a soil climate station/32.2 mi away/6,000 ft/860 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Elko NWS 12zTLKN2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/5,061 ft/79 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Elko 2.0 WSWNV-EL-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/5,175 ft/35 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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