runwayinuse

PAFB Ladd AAF

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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 729 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

N 25 7

Wind 260° true at 8 kt · VFR · 729 min old

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25 51% 8575 ft · 8 kt head, 1 kt x-left
7 49% 8575 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right · right traffic
Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 25

Runway 7

Sources consulted

sourcestatus agenote
D_ATISUNAVAILABLE No D-ATIS at this field
METAROK 729 min
ADSBWARMING_UP 3837 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)

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PAFB field & runways

Ladd AAF, Fairbanks/Ft Wainwright, Alaska. Field elevation 449 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Private use. Magnetic variation 17.0°E on record, 14.8°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
25 269.0° 254.2° matches rule gives runway 26 in ~2 yr 8,575 ft ASPH-CONC left
7 89.0° 74.2° matches rule gives runway 8 in ~2 yr 8,575 ft ASPH-CONC right

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