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Skaneateles Aero Drome, New York

Small airport in Onondaga County, New York

Air quality

The air at Skaneateles Aero Drome

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 8 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Skaneateles Aero Drome

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Skaneateles Aero Drome, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
6B9
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
1,038 ft
Serves
Skaneateles
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
6B9
Wind now
From 170° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 22 unlit3,322 ft120 ftGrass29° / 209°9 mph head, on 228 mph from the left
10 / 283,134 ft56 ftAsphalt94° / 274°3 mph head, on 1012 mph from the right
042210281,000 ftN170° 12 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 Skaneateles (6B9), Skaneateles Aero Drome's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

59 F at 5 AM; 59 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 45 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.

Now
59F
5 AM
Highest
59F
12 AM
Lowest
45F
8 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Skaneateles, temperature from 44.6 to 59.0, the latest 59.0; dew point from 39.2 to 57.2, the latest 57.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF3540455055606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 57 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
57F
5 AM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
56 to 100%
Relative humidity at Skaneateles, relative humidity from 56 to 100, the latest 94, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

10 mph from the south at 5 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 21 mph at 5 AM.

Now
10mph
from the south
Strongest
10mph
5 AM
Highest gust
21mph
5 AM
Wind and Gust at Skaneateles, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 10; gust from 12 to 21, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Skaneateles, wind direction from 10 to 180, the latest 170, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Pressure

29.73 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.53 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.73inHg
5 AM
3 hours
-0.14inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.53inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Skaneateles, pressure, altimeter from 29.73 to 30.29, the latest 29.73, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.2030.406 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 4 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
4 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Skaneateles, visibility from 1.8 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,200ft
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
4 AM
Hours with a base reported
14
Lowest cloud base at Skaneateles, lowest cloud base from 400 to 5,500, the latest 1,200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.23 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.18 in, in the hour to 4 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.23in
Wettest hour
0.18in
4 AM
Hours with some
2
Precipitation at Skaneateles, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.18, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.150.206 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Skaneateles Aero Drome, 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 now4 instruments

Skaneateles6B9

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/998 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Moravia - NYS CanalMOAN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.8 mi away/728 ft/310 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Geneva #1S2011

At a soil climate station/30.1 mi away/725 ft/313 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Ithaca 13 E64758

At a climate reference station/34.3 mi away/1,228 ft/190 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

SkaneatelesSKAN6

At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/860 ft/178 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Skaneateles 0.8 NNWNY-OG-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/937 ft/101 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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