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KPAE Seattle Paine Fld Intl

16L
WIND_INFERRED 90%

Runway 16L — favored by the wind (7 kt at 170° true)

Based on wind only — no traffic or ATIS to confirm. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency.

certainty: 90% evidence: WEAK Class D

N 16L 34R 16R 34L

Wind 170° true at 7 kt · IFR · 31 min old · from KBFI (21.6 nm away)

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16L 99% 3004 ft · 7 kt head, 1 kt x-left
34R <1% 3004 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right · right traffic
16R CLOSED 7000 ft · 7 kt head, 1 kt x-left · right traffic
34L CLOSED 7000 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 16R/34L until 10-31 14:00Z 
RWY 16R/34L CLSD SAT TUE WED THU FRI 0600-1400
RWY CLOSED RWY 16R/34L until 10-31 14:00Z 
RWY 16R/34L CLSD
LIGHTING RWY 16R until 10-31 14:00Z 
RWY 16R PAPI U/S
APCH OTS RWY 16R until 10-31 14:00Z 
PAE ILS RWY 16R LOC/GP U/S
APCH OTS RWY 16R until 07-09 12:04Z 
IAP SEATTLE PAINE FLD INTL, EVERETT, WA.
ILS Y OR LOC Y RWY 16R, AMDT 23...
ILS Z OR LOC Z RWY 16R, AMDT 1A...
RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 16R, AMDT 2...
RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 16R, AMDT 1...
PROCEDURE NA.
2607091204-2807091204EST
LIGHTING RWY 16R until 10-31 14:00Z 
RWY 16R ALS U/S
APCH OTS RWY 16R until 10-31 14:00Z 
NAV ILS RWY 16R LOC/GP U/S
LIGHTING RWY 16R until 10-31 14:00Z 
RWY 16R RTZL U/S
APCH OTS RWY 16R until 07-09 12:04Z 
IAP SEATTLE PAINE FLD INTL, EVERETT, WA. ILS Y OR LOC Y RWY 16R, AMDT 23... ILS Z OR LOC Z RWY 16R, AMDT 1A... RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 16R, AMDT 2... RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 16R, AMDT 1... PROCEDURE NA.
Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 16L

Runway 34R

Runway 16R

Runway 34L

Sources consulted

sourcestatus agenote
D_ATISUNAVAILABLE No D-ATIS at this field
METAROK 31 min Nearest station KBFI (21.6 nm away)
ADSBOK 42 min MODERATE
NOTAMOK
CIFPNOT_CONFIGURED Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KPAE field & runways

Seattle Paine Fld Intl, Everett, Washington. Field elevation 607 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 16.0°E on record, 14.9°E today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.125°/year west — about 1° every 8 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against today's declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
RunwayTrueMagnetic Number LengthSurfacePattern Notes
16L 179.6° 164.6° matches rule gives runway 17 in ~3 yr 3,004 ft ASPH
16R 179.2° 164.2° matches rule gives runway 17 in ~6 yr 7,000 ft ASPH-CONC right ILS CLOSED
34L 359.1° 344.2° matches rule gives runway 35 in ~6 yr 7,000 ft ASPH-CONC CLOSED
34R 359.6° 344.6° matches rule gives runway 35 in ~3 yr 3,004 ft ASPH right

What KPAE usually does

Of 2,796 operations this service has observed at KPAE since 2026-08-25:

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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