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NSTU — Pago Pago Intl
Pago Pago, AS · field elevation 31 ft · NON-ATCT
NSTU current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR NSTU 111150Z 11015G21KT 10SM SCT019 BKN035 BKN100 26/22 A2996 RMK SLP146 8/820 T02590217 10263 20259 56003
- Wind
- from 110° at 15 kt, gusting 21 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 3,500 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,284 ft · pressure altitude -9 ft
- Observed
- 24 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 110° at 15 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 08 | 14 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 05 | 10 kt head | 11 kt from the right |
| 23 | 10 kt tail | 11 kt from the left |
| 26 | 14 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
3 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 7,900–19,500 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF NSTU 111129Z 1112/1212 11014G20KT P6SM SCT020 BKN100
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- -14.33166, -170.71150
- Elevation
- 31 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1740Z / 0516Z
- Magnetic variation
- 12° (1990)
- Fuel
- 100,A1+
- Sectional
- Gnc 20
- County
- American Samoa, AS
Airport diagram
Everything else NSTU publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 10,001 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 08/26 | 3,801 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.9
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the NSTU airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other American Samoa airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.