PAAD Point Thomson Airstrip

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Weather observation is 870 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 140° true at 6 kt · VFR · 870 min old

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5 50% 5000 ft · 2 kt head, 6 kt x-right

23 50% 5000 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 5

WIND 2 kt headwind, 6 kt right crosswind 870 min ago +0.00

Runway 23

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt left crosswind 870 min ago -0.00

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	870 min
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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PAAD field & runways

Point Thomson Airstrip, Deadhorse, Alaska. Field elevation 56 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Private use. Magnetic variation 16.0°E on record, 14.8°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 0.462°/year west — about 1° every 2 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.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
23	250.7°	235.9°	runway 24 by the rule today · 5.9° past	5,000 ft	GRVL
5	70.7°	55.9°	runway 6 by the rule today · 5.9° past	5,000 ft	GRVL

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PAAD ☆ Point Thomson Airstrip