runwayinuse

PAFA Fairbanks Intl

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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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building. Weather observation is 1382 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now Class D

N 20R 2L 20W 02W 20L 2R 20 2

Wind 220° true at 5 kt · MVFR · 1382 min old

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20R 20% 11800 ft · 5 kt head, 0 kt x-right
2L 20% 11800 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-left
20W 10% 5400 ft · 5 kt head, 0 kt x-right
02W 10% 5400 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-left
20L 10% 4510 ft · 5 kt head, 0 kt x-right
2R 10% 4510 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-left · right traffic
20 9% 2900 ft · 5 kt head, 0 kt x-right
2 9% 2900 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 20R until 11-06 15:00Z 
RWY 20R PAPI U/S
Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 20R

Runway 2L

Runway 20W

Runway 02W

Runway 20L

Runway 2R

Runway 20

Runway 2

Sources consulted

sourcestatus agenote
D_ATISUNAVAILABLE No D-ATIS at this field
METAROK 1382 min
ADSBWARMING_UP 3946 min Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAMOK
CIFPNOT_CONFIGURED Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

Was this right?

PAFA field & runways

Fairbanks Intl, Fairbanks, Alaska. Field elevation 439 ft. Class D airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-TRACON). Magnetic variation 15.0°E on record, 14.7°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 0.338°/year west — about 1° every 3 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.
RunwayTrueMagnetic Number LengthSurfacePattern Notes
02W 38.0° 23.3° — 5,400 ft WATER left
2 38.0° 23.3° matches rule gives runway 3 in ~5 yr 2,900 ft GRVL
20 218.1° 203.3° matches rule gives runway 21 in ~5 yr 2,900 ft GRVL
20L 218.0° 203.3° matches rule gives runway 21 in ~5 yr 4,510 ft ASPH
20R 218.0° 203.3° matches rule gives runway 21 in ~5 yr 11,800 ft ASPH left ILS
20W 218.1° 203.3° — 5,400 ft WATER left
2L 38.0° 23.3° matches rule gives runway 3 in ~5 yr 11,800 ft ASPH left ILS
2R 38.0° 23.3° matches rule gives runway 3 in ~5 yr 4,510 ft ASPH right

What PAFA usually does

Of 29 operations this service has observed at PAFA since 2026-09-01:

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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