PAWD Seward

PROBABLE 68%

Runway 34 — 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: 68% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 020° true at 9 kt · VFR · 47 min old

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34 62% 2289 ft · 8 kt head, 4 kt x-right

31 38% 4249 ft · 5 kt head, 7 kt x-right

13 <1% 4249 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-left

16 <1% 2289 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 34

WIND 8 kt headwind, 4 kt right crosswind 47 min ago +1.35
PRIOR runway length 2289 ft -0.06

Runway 31

WIND 5 kt headwind, 7 kt right crosswind 47 min ago +0.74
PRIOR runway length 4249 ft +0.06

Runway 13

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt left crosswind 47 min ago -4.12
PRIOR runway length 4249 ft +0.06

Runway 16

WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt left crosswind 47 min ago -8.68
PRIOR runway length 2289 ft -0.06

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	47 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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PAWD field & runways

Seward, Seward, Alaska. Field elevation 28 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 19.0°E on record, 14.1°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 0.267°/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
13	146.4°	132.3°	matches rule gives runway 14 in ~10 yr	4,249 ft	ASPH	left
16	176.6°	162.5°	matches rule gives runway 17 in ~10 yr	2,289 ft	ASPH	left
31	326.4°	312.3°	matches rule gives runway 32 in ~10 yr	4,249 ft	ASPH	left
34	356.6°	342.5°	matches rule gives runway 35 in ~10 yr	2,289 ft	ASPH	left

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PAWD ☆ Seward