Erickson Intergalactic Airport

SD73 · South Dakota, United States

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 330° Erickson Intergalactic Airport 17/35
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

7 kt

2 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 5,500
METAR KFSD 041256Z 33007KT 10SM BKN055 08/04 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP180 T00780044

METAR Erickson Intergalactic Airport - SD73

Erickson Intergalactic Airport is a small airport in South Dakota, United States. The airport is located at latitude 43.58491 and longitude -96.51756. The airport has one runway: 17/35. This airport has no ICAO code, we use US-A590 as reference. The local airport ID (FAA LID) of this airport is SD73. The airport is in the Minneapolis FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Joe Foss Field on May 4, 2024 07:56, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 330° with a speed of 7 kt.

Visibility is 10 mi.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 5,500 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 5,500 ft.

The temperature is 8 °C, with a wind chill of 4 °C. The dew point is 4 °C, the relative humidity is 76%. The air pressure at sea level is 30.05 inHg (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:13 and sets at 20:32. This applies to Erickson Intergalactic Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -5 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
17/35 170°-350° 2 kt 7 kt 34 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Clouds

5,500 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 7.8 °C
Dewpoint 4.4 °C
Rel. humidity 76%
Wind chill 4 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Remarks

AO2Automatic weather station that can determine the type of precipitation
SLP180Sea level pressure is 30.06 inHg (30.06 inHg)
T00780044Temperature is 7.8 °C (46.0 °F), dew point is 4.4 °C (39.9 °F)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:14
Midday
13:23
Sunset
20:33 (12:26h)

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