PALH Lake Hood

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. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 48 min old · from PAMR (3.7 nm away)

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32 15% 2200 ft · right traffic

E 14% 4541 ft

W 14% 4541 ft

14 12% 2200 ft

N 12% 1930 ft

S 12% 1930 ft

NW 11% 1369 ft

SE 11% 1369 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 32

ADSB_OP N2885C landed 32 40 min ago +0.20

Runway E

PRIOR runway length 4541 ft +0.14

Runway W

PRIOR runway length 4541 ft +0.14

Runway N

PRIOR runway length 1930 ft -0.03

Runway S

PRIOR runway length 1930 ft -0.03

Runway NW

PRIOR runway length 1369 ft -0.10

Runway SE

PRIOR runway length 1369 ft -0.10

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	48 min	Nearest station PAMR (3.7 nm away)
ADSB	OK	1 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

time	aircraft	type	op	rwy	conf
08:01Z	N2885C	C170	landing	32	57%

Was this right?

PALH field & runways

Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska. Field elevation 79 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 13.0°E on record, 14.0°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 0.281°/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
14	153.4°	139.4°	matches	2,200 ft	GRVL-DIRT
32	333.4°	319.4°	matches	2,200 ft	GRVL-DIRT	right
E	not published		—	4,541 ft	WATER
N	not published		—	1,930 ft	WATER
NW	not published		—	1,369 ft	WATER
S	not published		—	1,930 ft	WATER
SE	not published		—	1,369 ft	WATER
W	not published		—	4,541 ft	WATER

What PALH usually does

Of 959 operations this service has observed at PALH since 2026-08-25:

32 87% 838 ops
14 13% 121 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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PALH ☆ Lake Hood