PAKH Akhiok

WIND_INFERRED 90%

Runway 22 — favored by the wind (11 kt at 300° 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: 90% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 300° true at 11 kt G21 · VFR · 20 min old

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22 99% 3120 ft · 6 kt head, 9 kt x-right

4 <1% 3120 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 9 kt x-left · right traffic

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 3 until 07-09 14:23Z

GASTONIA MUNI, GASTONIA, NC. NDB RWY 3, AMDT 9A... RADAR REQUIRED FOR PROCEDURE ENTRY EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, CLT VOR OUT OF SERVICE.

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 22

WIND 6 kt headwind, 9 kt right crosswind 20 min ago +1.40

Runway 4

WIND 6 kt TAILWIND, 9 kt left crosswind 20 min ago -12.58

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	20 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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PAKH field & runways

Akhiok, Akhiok, Alaska. Field elevation 44 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 18.0°E on record, 12.3°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 0.233°/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
22	242.2°	229.9°	runway 23 by the rule today · 9.9° past	3,120 ft	GRAVEL
4	62.2°	49.9°	runway 5 by the rule today · 9.9° past	3,120 ft	GRAVEL	right

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PAKH ☆ Akhiok