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Francis S Gabreski Airport, New York

Small airport in Suffolk County, New York

Air quality

The air at Francis S Gabreski Airport

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 38 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good22.4 mi
  • Ozone-17 ppb9.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Francis S Gabreski Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 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
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Francis S Gabreski Airport, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
FOK
ICAO
KFOK
IATA
FOK
Field elevation
67 ft
Serves
Westhampton Beach
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
FOK
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
01 / 19 unlit5,100 ft150 ftAsphalt and concrete357° / 177°CalmCalm
06 / 249,002 ft150 ftAsphalt and concrete42° / 222°CalmCalm
15 / 335,002 ft150 ftAsphalt133° / 313°CalmCalm
0119062415332,500 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 Westhampton Beach (FOK), Francis S Gabreski Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

46 F at 9 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 8 PM.

Now
46F
9 PM
Highest
64F
1 PM
Lowest
45F
8 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Westhampton Beach, temperature from 45.0 to 64.0, the latest 46.0; dew point from 41.0 to 56.0, the latest 43.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF40506070Oct 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 43 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 3 PM to 93% at 7 PM.

Dew point now
43F
9 PM
Humidity now
89%
Humidity, range
43 to 93%
Relative humidity at Westhampton Beach, relative humidity from 43 to 93, the latest 89, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

0 mph from the southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 24 mph at 2 AM.

Now
0mph
from the southeast
Strongest
14mph
10 AM
Highest gust
24mph
2 AM
Wind and Gust at Westhampton Beach, wind from 0 to 14, the latest 0; gust from 16 to 24, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Westhampton Beach, wind direction from 20 to 360, the latest 140, 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

30.19 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.19inHg
10 PM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.19inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Westhampton Beach, pressure, altimeter from 30.00 to 30.23, the latest 30.19, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.1030.2030.30Oct 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 Westhampton Beach, 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 2,900 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
2,900ft
9 AM
Hours with a base reported
4
Lowest cloud base at Westhampton Beach, lowest cloud base from 2,900 to 3,300, the latest 3,300, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,9003,0003,1003,2003,300Oct 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

Westhampton Beach: 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 Francis S Gabreski 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 now3 instruments

Westhampton BeachFOK

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/66 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-495 EB @ Rte 112NY001

Beside a road/19.8 mi away/89 ft/22 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Remsenburg-Speonk 0.9 NENY-SF-80

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/33 ft/34 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Baiting HallowBTGN6

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/74 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Baiting Hallow (BTGN6), 8.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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