Airports/Texas/Dyess Air Force Base

Dyess Air Force Base, Texas

Medium airport in Taylor County, Texas

77° 90°/68°

Light rain· Feels like 77°·Moderate breeze 17 mph S

Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Dyess Air Force Base until 1 AM Friday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Dyess Air Force Base is 77° and light rain at 3 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the south at 17 mph, gusting to 32 mph.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 75°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (54%). Rain is possible Friday (45%) and Saturday (42%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:26 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 9:49 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 54 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

-UV

-Air quality

67%Humidity

81%Cloud

Now

10:00 AM

77feels77

17mph

Today

Sep 30

9068

88%

25mph

Thu

Oct 1

8764

54%

Fri

Oct 2

7760

45%

15mph

Sat

Oct 3

7561

42%

15mph

Sun

Oct 4

7961

29%

15mph

Mon

Oct 5

8057

13%

Tue

Oct 6

8459

77°

90°68°

87°64°

77°60°

75°61°

79°61°

80°57°

84°59°

As of 10:00 AM in Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.

Airfield

Code: DYS
ICAO: KDYS
IATA: DYS
Field elevation: 1,789 ft
Serves: Abilene
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: DYS
Wind now: From 170° at 15 mph, read 30 Sep, 08:55

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
16 / 34	13,500 ft	300 ft	Asphalt and concrete	169° / 349°	15 mph head, on 16	None
161 / 341 unlit	3,500 ft	60 ft	GRE	169° / 349°	15 mph head, on 161	None
162 / 342 unlit	3,500 ft	60 ft	Asphalt	-	-	-

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Dyess Air Force Base, 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 now3 instruments

Dyess AFB/AbileneDYS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,788 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

HambyHBYT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/1,772 ft/17 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Bronte 11 NNE03072

At a climate reference station/34.6 mi away/1,997 ft/208 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Tye 3.6 SSWTX-TY-11