PAKN King Salmon

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 12 — 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 Class D

Wind 120° true at 7 kt · VFR · 14 min old

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12 60% 8900 ft · 7 kt head, 1 kt x-left

18 13% 4017 ft · 2 kt head, 7 kt x-left

NW 11% 4000 ft

SE 11% 4000 ft

36 4% 4017 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-right

30 <1% 8900 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 12 until 10-25 15:00Z

NAV ILS RWY 12 LOC/GP/DME U/S

LIGHTING RWY 12/30 until 10-09 23:59Z

TWY B HLDG PSN SIGN WEST SIDE BTN RWY 12/30 AND CIV RAMP LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 12

WIND 7 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 14 min ago +1.49
PRIOR runway length 8900 ft +0.11

Runway 18

WIND 2 kt headwind, 7 kt left crosswind 14 min ago +0.14
PRIOR runway length 4017 ft -0.05

Runway NW

PRIOR runway length 4000 ft -0.05

Runway SE

PRIOR runway length 4000 ft -0.05

Runway 36

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt right crosswind 14 min ago -0.97
PRIOR runway length 4017 ft -0.05

Runway 30

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 14 min ago -7.91
PRIOR runway length 8900 ft +0.11

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	14 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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PAKN field & runways

King Salmon, King Salmon, Alaska. Field elevation 73 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 11.0°E on record, 11.4°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 0.253°/year west — about 1° every 4 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
12	131.9°	120.5°	matches rule gives runway 13 in ~18 yr	8,900 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
18	196.3°	184.9°	matches rule gives runway 19 within a year	4,017 ft	ASPH	left
30	311.9°	300.5°	matches rule gives runway 31 in ~18 yr	8,900 ft	ASPH	left
36	16.3°	4.9°	matches rule gives runway 1 within a year	4,017 ft	ASPH	left
NW	not published		—	4,000 ft	WATER	left
SE	not published		—	4,000 ft	WATER	left

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