Airports/Utah/Salt Lake City International Airport

Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah

Large airport in Salt Lake County, Utah

61° 71°/42°

Clear· Feels like 61°·Light breeze 7 mph ESE

Now. Salt Lake City International Airport is 61° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 7 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 72°, and the coolest Thursday, near 64°. Rain is likely Thursday (72%). Rain is possible Tuesday (34%) and Wednesday (42%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:44 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

43Air quality

68%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

3:00 AM

61feels61

Today

Oct 16

7142

Sat

Oct 17

7248

Sun

Oct 18

7249

Mon

Oct 19

7250

Tue

Oct 20

7152

34%

13mph

Wed

Oct 21

7051

42%

Thu

Oct 22

6451

72%

61°

71°42°

72°48°

72°49°

72°50°

71°52°

70°51°

64°51°

As of 3:00 AM in Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah.

Air quality

The air at Salt Lake City International Airport

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Salt Lake City (UT), 3 miles off.

43Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-
Ozone24Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 49, good.

GoodModerate

49YesterdayOct 15
GoodTodayOct 16
GoodSatOct 17

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Salt Lake City International Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.30in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Salt Lake City International Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

Airfield

Code: SLC
ICAO: KSLC
IATA: SLC
Field elevation: 4,227 ft
Serves: Salt Lake City
Kind: Large airport
Scheduled service: Yes
Its own instrument: SLC
Wind now: From 170° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:54

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
14 / 32	4,893 ft	150 ft	Asphalt	153° / 333°	6 mph head, on 14	2 mph from the right
16L / 34R	12,002 ft	150 ft	Asphalt	175° / 355°	6 mph head, on 16L	1 mph from the left
16R / 34L	12,000 ft	150 ft	Concrete	175° / 355°	6 mph head, on 16R	1 mph from the left
17 / 35	9,596 ft	150 ft	Asphalt	180° / 0°	6 mph head, on 17	1 mph from the left

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 Salt Lake City INTL (SLC), Salt Lake City International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

48 F at 2 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.

Now: 48F; 2 AM
Highest: 63F; 3 PM Thursday
Lowest: 42F; 5 AM Thursday

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 38 F, the air 68% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 2 PM Thursday to 86% at 7 AM Thursday.

Dew point now: 38F; 2 AM
Humidity now: 68%
Humidity, range: 46 to 86%

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

Wind

7 mph from the south southeast at 3 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 12 AM.

Now: 7mph; from the south southeast
Strongest: 10mph; 4 PM Thursday
Highest gust: 18mph; 12 AM

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

Pressure

30.57 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg higher than a day before.

Now: 30.57inHg; 3 AM
3 hours: +0.00inHg; steady
24 hours: +0.21inHg

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

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 3 AM; 7 miles now.

Now: 7mi
Lowest: 7mi; 3 AM
Hours under a mile: 0

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 4,000 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 4,000ft; 10 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported: 9

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

Salt Lake City INTL: 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 Salt Lake City International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Salt Lake City INTLSLC

At an airfield/0.8 mi away/4,226 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Salt Lake City WFO TestAIRU1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.3 mi away/4,233 ft/6 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

I-215 at I-80UT215

Beside a road/2.2 mi away/4,252 ft/25 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

MorganS2133

At a soil climate station/21.2 mi away/5,113 ft/886 ft above here