PABE Bethel

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 150° true at 12 kt · VFR · 19 min old · from PPIT (19.3 nm away)

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12 54% 1858 ft · 11 kt head, 4 kt x-right

19R 24% 6400 ft · 7 kt head, 10 kt x-left

19L 22% 4000 ft · 7 kt head, 10 kt x-left

1L <1% 6400 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 10 kt x-right

1R <1% 4000 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 10 kt x-right

30 <1% 1858 ft · 11 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS until 10-25 15:00Z

NAV VOR U/S

LIGHTING RWY 19R until 06-26 15:00Z

RWY 19R VASI U/S

APCH OTS RWY 19R until 10-25 11:29Z

IAP BETHEL, BETHEL, AK.
ILS Z OR LOC Z RWY 19R, AMDT 7H...
PROCEDURE NA EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS,
BET VOR OUT OF SERVICE. 2609251129-2610251129EST

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 12

WIND 11 kt headwind, 4 kt right crosswind 19 min ago +2.28
PRIOR runway length 1858 ft -0.13

Runway 19R

WIND 7 kt headwind, 10 kt left crosswind 19 min ago +1.24
PRIOR runway length 6400 ft +0.11

Runway 19L

WIND 7 kt headwind, 10 kt left crosswind 19 min ago +1.24

Runway 1L

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 10 kt right crosswind 19 min ago -8.50
PRIOR runway length 6400 ft +0.11

Runway 1R

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 10 kt right crosswind 19 min ago -8.50

Runway 30

WIND 11 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt left crosswind 19 min ago -18.77
PRIOR runway length 1858 ft -0.13

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	19 min	Nearest station PPIT (19.3 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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PABE field & runways

Bethel, Bethel, Alaska. Field elevation 129 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 11.0°E on record, 9.1°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 0.279°/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	128.6°	119.5°	matches	1,858 ft	GRVL	left
19L	203.4°	194.4°	matches rule gives runway 20 in ~2 yr	4,000 ft	ASPH
19R	203.4°	194.3°	matches rule gives runway 20 in ~2 yr	6,400 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
1L	23.4°	14.3°	matches rule gives runway 2 in ~2 yr	6,400 ft	ASPH	left
1R	23.4°	14.4°	matches rule gives runway 2 in ~2 yr	4,000 ft	ASPH
30	308.6°	299.5°	matches	1,858 ft	GRVL	left

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PABE ☆ Bethel