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Laredo International Airport, Texas

Medium airport in Webb County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Laredo International Airport

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Laredo (TX), 4 miles off.

32Good
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Laredo 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 Laredo International Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
LRD
ICAO
KLRD
IATA
LRD
Field elevation
508 ft
Serves
Laredo
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
LRD
Wind now
From 100° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 325,927 ft150 ftConcrete148° / 328°10 mph head, on 1411 mph from the left
18L / 36R8,236 ft150 ftConcrete183° / 3°2 mph head, on 18L15 mph from the left
18R / 36L8,743 ft150 ftAsphalt183° / 3°2 mph head, on 18R15 mph from the left
143218L36R18R36L2,500 ftN100° 15 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 Laredo INTL Airport (LRD), Laredo International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

82 F at 9 PM; 95 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 78 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
82F
9 PM
Highest
95F
3 PM
Lowest
78F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Laredo INTL Airport, temperature from 78.0 to 95.0, the latest 82.0; dew point from 61.0 to 75.0, the latest 66.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090100Oct 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 66 F, the air 59% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 5 PM to 82% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
66F
9 PM
Humidity now
59%
Humidity, range
35 to 82%
Relative humidity at Laredo INTL Airport, relative humidity from 35 to 82, the latest 59, 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

12 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 25 mph at 1 AM.

Now
12mph
from the east
Strongest
20mph
11 PM Wednesday
Highest gust
25mph
1 AM
Wind and Gust at Laredo INTL Airport, wind from 10 to 20, the latest 12; gust from 18 to 25, the latest 20, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph51015202530Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Laredo INTL Airport, wind direction from 100 to 160, the latest 100, 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

29.97 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
29.97inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.06inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Laredo INTL Airport, pressure, altimeter from 29.87 to 29.99, the latest 29.97, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8529.9029.9530.00Oct 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 Laredo INTL 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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,500 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,500ft
6 AM
Hours with a base reported
19
Lowest cloud base at Laredo INTL Airport, lowest cloud base from 1,500 to 7,000, the latest 7,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,000Oct 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

Laredo INTL Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Laredo International 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 now1 instrument

Laredo INTL AirportLRD

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/509 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Laredo 1.8 NTX-WB-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/473 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

LaredoLRET2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/444 ft/64 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Laredo (LRET2), 2.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:51. measured daily

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