PAVC King Cove

WIND_INFERRED 80%

Runway 26 — favored by the wind (5 kt at 260° 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: 80% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 260° true at 5 kt · MVFR · 17 min old

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26 86% 3500 ft · 5 kt head, 1 kt x-left

8 14% 3500 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 26 until 10-31 15:00Z

RWY 26 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 26

WIND 5 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 17 min ago +0.35

Runway 8

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 17 min ago -1.45

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	17 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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PAVC field & runways

King Cove, King Cove, Alaska. Field elevation 149 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 10.0°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 0.217°/year west — about 1° every 5 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
26	268.2°	259.0°	matches	3,500 ft	TURF-GRVL	left
8	88.2°	79.0°	matches	3,500 ft	TURF-GRVL	left

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PAVC ☆ King Cove