PAOC Portage Creek

WIND_INFERRED 80%

Runway 10 — favored by the wind (14 kt at 140° 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. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: 80% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 140° true at 14 kt · VFR · 44 min old · from PFWS (25.1 nm away)

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10 82% 1920 ft · 12 kt head, 6 kt x-right

19 18% 1470 ft · 5 kt head, 13 kt x-left

1 <1% 1470 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 13 kt x-right

28 <1% 1920 ft · 12 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 10

WIND 12 kt headwind, 6 kt right crosswind 44 min ago +2.04
PRIOR runway length 1920 ft +0.03

Runway 19

WIND 5 kt headwind, 13 kt left crosswind 44 min ago +0.60
PRIOR runway length 1470 ft -0.03

Runway 1

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 13 kt right crosswind 44 min ago -4.33
PRIOR runway length 1470 ft -0.03

Runway 28

WIND 12 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt left crosswind 44 min ago -18.86
PRIOR runway length 1920 ft +0.03

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	44 min	Nearest station PFWS (25.1 nm away)
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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PAOC field & runways

Portage Creek, Portage Creek, Alaska. Field elevation 129 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 21.0°E on record, 10.9°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 0.256°/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
1	27.6°	16.7°	runway 2 by the rule today · 6.7° past	1,470 ft	GRVL-DIRT
10	112.4°	101.5°	matches rule gives runway 11 in ~14 yr	1,920 ft	GRVL-DIRT
19	207.6°	196.7°	runway 20 by the rule today · 6.7° past	1,470 ft	GRVL-DIRT
28	292.4°	281.5°	matches rule gives runway 29 in ~14 yr	1,920 ft	GRVL-DIRT

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PAOC ☆ Portage Creek