Airports/West Virginia/Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport

Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport, West Virginia

Medium airport in Randolph County, West Virginia

69° 75°/63°

Overcast· Feels like 69°·Light air 2 mph S

Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 4 PM, the chance peaking at 72% around 11 PM.

Now. Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport is 69° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south at 2 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 7 AM, with some cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 77°, and the coolest Saturday, near 49°. Rain is likely tomorrow (99%) and Saturday (92%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 28°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

9Air quality

93%Humidity

99%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

69feels69

17%

Today

Oct 15

7563

86%

Fri

Oct 16

7764

99%

15mph

Sat

Oct 17

4936

92%

12mph

Sun

Oct 18

5928

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

6332

UV 6

Tue

Oct 20

6435

Wed

Oct 21

6637

69°

75°63°

77°64°

49°36°

59°28°

63°32°

64°35°

66°37°

As of 10:00 PM in Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport, West Virginia.

Air quality

The air at Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport

Index 9, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 53 miles off.

9Good

Ozone9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

GoodModerate

43YesterdayOct 14

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport

0.35 in in the last 24 hours, 0.77 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.35in
Last 3 days: 0.77in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 45%

Visibility

How far you can see at Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 PM.

Airfield

Code: EKN
ICAO: KEKN
IATA: EKN
Field elevation: 1,987 ft
Serves: Elkins
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: EKN
Wind now: Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:23

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
05 / 23	4,501 ft	75 ft	Asphalt	39° / 219°	Calm	Calm
14 / 32 unlit	4,544 ft	140 ft	Asphalt	129° / 309°	Calm	Calm

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Elkins/Randolph FldEKN

At an airfield/0.4 mi away/1,998 ft/11 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Sugar RunSGRW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.7 mi away/2,339 ft/352 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Elkins 21 ENE03733

At a climate reference station/22.4 mi away/3,390 ft/1,403 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Elkins 4.1 SSEWV-RD-6