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Nashville International Airport, Tennessee

Large airport in Davidson County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Nashville International Airport

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Nashville (TN), 3 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good-
  • Ozone43Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Highest 51, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Nashville International Airport

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Nashville International Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
BNA
ICAO
KBNA
IATA
BNA
Field elevation
599 ft
Serves
Nashville
Kind
Large airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
BNA
Wind now
From 170° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
02C / 20C8,001 ft150 ftConcrete18° / 198°5 mph head, on 20C3 mph from the left
02L / 20R7,704 ft150 ftConcrete18° / 198°5 mph head, on 20R3 mph from the left
02R / 20L8,001 ft150 ftConcrete18° / 198°5 mph head, on 20L3 mph from the left
13 / 3111,030 ft150 ftAsphalt133° / 313°5 mph head, on 134 mph from the right
02C20C02L20R02R20L13315,000 ftN170° 6 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 Nashville Metro (BNA), Nashville International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

74 F at 9 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 72 F at its coolest, 3 AM.

Now
74F
9 PM
Highest
92F
2 PM
Lowest
72F
3 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Nashville Metro, temperature from 72.0 to 92.0, the latest 74.0; dew point from 49.0 to 68.0, the latest 56.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF406080100Oct 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 56 F, the air 53% saturated; the humidity ran from 26% at 3 PM to 84% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
56F
9 PM
Humidity now
53%
Humidity, range
26 to 84%
Relative humidity at Nashville Metro, relative humidity from 26 to 84, the latest 53, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

5 mph from the south at 10 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 5 AM.

Now
5mph
from the south
Strongest
9mph
9 AM
Highest gust
22mph
5 AM
Wind and Gust at Nashville Metro, wind from 2 to 9, the latest 5; gust from 17 to 22, the latest 20, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Nashville Metro, wind direction from 20 to 230, the latest 170, 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

30.02 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.02inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Nashville Metro, pressure, altimeter from 30.01 to 30.11, the latest 30.02, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0230.0530.0730.1030.13Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 9 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
9mi
8 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Nashville Metro, visibility from 9.0 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 4,500 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
4,500ft
11 PM Wednesday
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Nashville Metro, lowest cloud base from 4,500 to 20,000, the latest 12,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,00020,000Oct 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

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Nashville International 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 now2 instruments

Nashville MetroBNA

At an airfield/0.7 mi away/591 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

RAWS Site BurnsBURT1

A remote fire weather station/34.0 mi away/853 ft/254 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Nashville 5.3 SETN-DV-222

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/528 ft/71 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Berry Field/Percy Priest Lk 1W (BFDT1), 1.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

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