PADK Adak

PROBABLE 68%

Runway 23 — weak lean on available evidence

The answer is 23 with a 11 kt tailwind from the reported wind — the observation is 10949 min old, so the wind may have shifted or the flow has not been changed yet. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Weather observation is 10949 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: 68% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 040° true at 12 kt · MVFR · 10949 min old

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23 62% 7790 ft · 11 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-right

5 38% 7790 ft · 11 kt head, 4 kt x-left · right traffic

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 23 until 02-11 20:11Z

IAP ADAK, ADAK ISLAND, AK. ILS Y OR LOC Y RWY 23, ORIG... ILS Z OR LOC Z RWY 23, ORIG... NDB/DME RWY 23, ORIG-C... ALTERNATE MINIMUMS NA EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, ADK NDB UNMONITORED.

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 23

IMC_APCH MVFR conditions and 23 has an instrument approach +0.50
WIND 11 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt right crosswind 10949 min ago -0.00

Runway 5

WIND 11 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 10949 min ago +0.00

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	10949 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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PADK field & runways

Adak, Adak Island, Alaska. Field elevation 20 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 7.0°E on record, 3.2°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 0.171°/year west — about 1° every 6 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	240.5°	237.3°	runway 24 by the rule today · 7.3° past	7,790 ft	ASPH		ILS
5	60.5°	57.3°	runway 6 by the rule today · 7.3° past	7,790 ft	ASPH	right

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