PAGA Edward G Pitka Sr

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 8 — wind slightly favors it, low confidence

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

certainty: 60% evidence: WEAK no tower now Class E

Wind 120° true at 11 kt · VFR · 44 min old

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8 54% 6000 ft · 10 kt head, 6 kt x-right

6 46% 2600 ft · 10 kt head, 6 kt x-right

26 <1% 6000 ft · 10 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-left

24 <1% 2600 ft · 10 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 8

WIND 9 kt headwind, 6 kt right crosswind 44 min ago +1.54
PRIOR runway length 6000 ft +0.08

Runway 6

WIND 9 kt headwind, 6 kt right crosswind 44 min ago +1.54
PRIOR runway length 2600 ft -0.08

Runway 26

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt left crosswind 44 min ago -11.44
PRIOR runway length 6000 ft +0.08

Runway 24

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt left crosswind 44 min ago -11.46
PRIOR runway length 2600 ft -0.08

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	44 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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PAGA field & runways

Edward G Pitka Sr, Galena, Alaska. Field elevation 154 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 13.0°E on record, 11.0°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 0.341°/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
24	269.6°	258.6°	runway 26 by the rule today · 18.6° past	2,600 ft	GRAVEL
26	269.5°	258.5°	matches	6,000 ft	ASPH	left
6	89.6°	78.6°	runway 8 by the rule today · 18.6° past	2,600 ft	GRAVEL
8	89.5°	78.5°	matches	6,000 ft	ASPH	left

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PAGA ☆ Edward G Pitka Sr