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Tonopah Airport, Nevada

Medium airport in Nye County, Nevada

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tonopah Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 Tonopah Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

SatSun

Airfield

Code
TPH
ICAO
KTPH
IATA
TPH
Field elevation
5,430 ft
Serves
Tonopah
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
TPH
Wind now
From 120° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 20:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
11 / 29 unlit5,660 ft50 ftAsphalt124° / 304°7 mph head, on 11None
15 / 337,160 ft75 ftAsphalt164° / 344°5 mph head, on 155 mph from the left
112915332,500 ftN120° 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 Tonopah Airport (TPH), Tonopah Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

55 F at 8 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now
55F
8 PM
Highest
71F
3 PM
Lowest
40F
4 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Tonopah Airport, temperature from 40.0 to 71.0, the latest 55.0; dew point from 19.0 to 31.0, the latest 25.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF020406080Oct 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 31% saturated; the humidity ran from 15% at 5 PM to 62% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
25F
8 PM
Humidity now
31%
Humidity, range
15 to 62%
Relative humidity at Tonopah Airport, relative humidity from 15 to 62, the latest 31, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%020406080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

6 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 4 PM.

Now
6mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
17mph
5 AM
Highest gust
22mph
4 PM
Wind and Gust at Tonopah Airport, wind from 4 to 17, the latest 6; gust from 16 to 22, the latest 22, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0510152025Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Tonopah Airport, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 330, 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

30.46 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.46inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.07inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.11inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Tonopah Airport, pressure, altimeter from 30.35 to 30.47, the latest 30.46, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.3530.4030.4530.50Oct 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 Tonopah Airport, 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

Tonopah Airport: 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 Tonopah Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Tonopah AirportTPH

At an airfield/0.7 mi away/5,427 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

US95 Tonopah SummitTONNV

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/6,260 ft/830 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Stone CabinSTCN2

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.7 mi away/5,794 ft/364 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

TonopahTNPN2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/6,017 ft/587 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Tonopah 2.2 SSENV-NY-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/6,119 ft/689 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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