PAMR Merrill Fld

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 · 50 min old · from PAMR (0.2 nm away)

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26 24% 4000 ft

35 21% 2640 ft

5 19% 2000 ft

17 18% 2640 ft · right traffic

23 10% 2000 ft

8 7% 4000 ft · right traffic

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 26

PRIOR runway length 4000 ft +0.07
PRIOR 26 used 51% of the time in this wind bin (n=480) +0.02

Runway 35

PRIOR 35 used 0% of the time in this wind bin (n=480) -0.06

Runway 5

PRIOR 5 used 1% of the time in this wind bin (n=480) -0.12
PRIOR runway length 2000 ft -0.07

Runway 17

PRIOR 17 used 1% of the time in this wind bin (n=480) -0.21

Runway 23

PRIOR 23 used 5% of the time in this wind bin (n=480) -0.69
PRIOR runway length 2000 ft -0.07

Runway 8

PRIOR 8 used 23% of the time in this wind bin (n=480) -1.22
PRIOR runway length 4000 ft +0.07

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	50 min	Nearest station PAMR (0.2 nm away)
ADSB	OK	1 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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PAMR field & runways

Merrill Fld, Anchorage, Alaska. Field elevation 143 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 0.282°/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
17	180.1°	166.0°	matches	2,640 ft	ASPH	right
23	246.0°	232.0°	matches rule gives runway 24 in ~11 yr	2,000 ft	ASPH-GRVL
26	270.0°	256.0°	matches	4,000 ft	ASPH	left
35	0.1°	346.0°	matches	2,640 ft	ASPH	left
5	66.0°	52.0°	matches rule gives runway 6 in ~11 yr	2,000 ft	ASPH-GRVL
8	90.0°	76.0°	matches	4,000 ft	ASPH	right

What PAMR usually does

Of 6,284 operations this service has observed at PAMR since 2026-08-25:

26 47% 2928 ops
8 15% 968 ops
23 14% 877 ops
25 13% 831 ops
7 4% 269 ops
17 2% 117 ops
5 1% 82 ops
34 1% 81 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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PAMR ☆ Merrill Fld