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Venango Regional Airport, Pennsylvania

Medium airport in Venango County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Venango Regional Airport

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Mercer County (PA), 19 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Venango Regional Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Venango Regional Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
FKL
ICAO
KFKL
IATA
FKL
Field elevation
1,540 ft
Serves
Franklin
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
FKL
Wind now
From 180° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:31

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 215,200 ft150 ftAsphalt17° / 197°12 mph head, on 214 mph from the left
12 / 303,593 ft100 ftAsphalt106° / 286°4 mph head, on 1212 mph from the right
032112302,000 ftN180° 13 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 Franklin(AWOS) (FKL), Venango Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

62 F at 1 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.

Now
62F
1 AM
Highest
67F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
49F
7 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Franklin(AWOS), temperature from 49.0 to 67.0, the latest 61.8; dew point from 45.0 to 61.8, the latest 61.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF405060703 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 62 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
62F
1 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
60 to 100%
Relative humidity at Franklin(AWOS), relative humidity from 60 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

12 mph from the south at 1 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 9 PM Thursday.

Now
12mph
from the south
Strongest
12mph
9 PM Thursday
Highest gust
18mph
9 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Franklin(AWOS), wind from 5 to 12, the latest 12; gust from 16 to 18, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph051015203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Franklin(AWOS), wind direction from 10 to 180, the latest 180, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

29.85 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.35 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.85inHg
1 AM
3 hours
-0.09inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.35inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Franklin(AWOS), pressure, altimeter from 29.85 to 30.22, the latest 29.85, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8029.9030.0030.1030.2030.303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 0.3 miles now.

Now
0.3mi
Lowest
0.3mi
1 AM
Hours under a mile
2
Visibility at Franklin(AWOS), visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 0.3, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
21
Lowest cloud base at Franklin(AWOS), lowest cloud base from 300 to 10,000, the latest 300, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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
0.00in
11 PM Thursday
Hours with some
3
Precipitation at Franklin(AWOS), precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest trace, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Franklin(AWOS): 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 Venango Regional 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

Franklin(AWOS)FKL

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,539 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Slippery RockSLPP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/21.4 mi away/1,224 ft/316 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Franklin 1.4 SSWPA-VN-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,505 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

FranklinFKNP1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/965 ft/575 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Franklin (FKNP1), 2.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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