PAFB Ladd AAF
Runway 7 — favored by the wind (7 kt at 50° 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.
certainty: 90% evidence: WEAK Class D
Wind 050° true at 7 kt · VFR · 48 min old · from PAFA (7.0 nm away)
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Why — evidence behind this answer
Runway 7
- WIND 5 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 48 min ago +0.83
Runway 25
- WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt right crosswind 48 min ago -4.12
Sources consulted
| source | status | age | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| D_ATIS | UNAVAILABLE | No D-ATIS at this field | |
| METAR | OK | 48 min | Nearest station PAFA (7.0 nm away) |
| ADSB | WARMING_UP | 2249 min | Only 0 min of track history so far |
| NOTAM | OK | ||
| CIFP | NOT_CONFIGURED | Instrument procedures: phase 4 |
Recent operations
No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)
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PAFB field & runways
Ladd AAF, Fairbanks/Ft Wainwright, Alaska. Field elevation 449 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Private use. Magnetic variation 17.0°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 0.338°/year west — about 1° every 3 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.
| Runway | True | Magnetic | Number | Length | Surface | Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 269.0° | 254.2° | matches rule gives runway 26 in ~2 yr | 8,575 ft | ASPH-CONC | left | |
| 7 | 89.0° | 74.2° | matches rule gives runway 8 in ~2 yr | 8,575 ft | ASPH-CONC | right |
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