PAFA Fairbanks Intl

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.

certainty: — evidence: WEAK no tower now Class D

Wind 050° true at 7 kt · VFR · 47 min old · from PAFA (0.9 nm away)

▶ Listen live — ATIS/CTAF on LiveATC opens LiveATC’s own player · verify the broadcast yourself

2L 29% 11800 ft · 7 kt head, 2 kt x-right

02W 25% 5400 ft · 7 kt head, 1 kt x-right

2R 24% 4510 ft · 7 kt head, 2 kt x-right · right traffic

2 22% 2900 ft · 7 kt head, 1 kt x-right

20R <1% 11800 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

20W <1% 5400 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-left

20L <1% 4510 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

20 <1% 2900 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED until 04-30 09:00Z

RWY 02W/20W WATERLANE CLSD

APCH OTS RWY 2L until 07-25 15:00Z

NAV ILS RWY 02L IM U/S

LIGHTING RWY 2R until 11-28 15:00Z

RWY 02R PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 2L

WIND 7 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 47 min ago +1.15
PRIOR runway length 11800 ft +0.16
PRIOR 2L used 33% of the time in this wind bin (n=3) -0.01

Runway 02W

WIND 7 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 47 min ago +1.15

Runway 2R

WIND 7 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 47 min ago +1.15
PRIOR runway length 4510 ft -0.04

Runway 2

WIND 7 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 47 min ago +1.15
PRIOR runway length 2900 ft -0.12

Runway 20R

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 47 min ago -6.11
PRIOR runway length 11800 ft +0.16
PRIOR 20R used 33% of the time in this wind bin (n=3) -0.01

Runway 20W

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 47 min ago -6.11
PRIOR 20W used 33% of the time in this wind bin (n=3) -0.01

Runway 20L

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 47 min ago -6.11
PRIOR runway length 4510 ft -0.04

Runway 20

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 47 min ago -6.11
PRIOR runway length 2900 ft -0.12

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	47 min	Nearest station PAFA (0.9 nm away)
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)

Was this right?

PAFA field & runways

Fairbanks Intl, Fairbanks, Alaska. Field elevation 439 ft. Class D airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-TRACON). Magnetic variation 15.0°E on record, 14.7°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 0.338°/year west — about 1° every 3 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
02W	38.0°	23.3°	—	5,400 ft	WATER	left
2	38.0°	23.3°	matches rule gives runway 3 in ~5 yr	2,900 ft	GRVL
20	218.1°	203.3°	matches rule gives runway 21 in ~5 yr	2,900 ft	GRVL
20L	218.0°	203.3°	matches rule gives runway 21 in ~5 yr	4,510 ft	ASPH
20R	218.0°	203.3°	matches rule gives runway 21 in ~5 yr	11,800 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
20W	218.1°	203.3°	—	5,400 ft	WATER	left
2L	38.0°	23.3°	matches rule gives runway 3 in ~5 yr	11,800 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
2R	38.0°	23.3°	matches rule gives runway 3 in ~5 yr	4,510 ft	ASPH	right

Generated 08:40:25Z · auto-refreshes · JSON

PAFA ☆ Fairbanks Intl