PABE — Bethel
Bethel, AK · field elevation 129 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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PABE current weather
LIFR ceiling below 500 ft or visibility under 1 statute mile
SPECI PABE 111209Z 22006KT 1/2SM R19R/2000V2600FT FG VV001 14/14 A3011 RMK AO2 T01390139 $
- Wind
- from 220° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 0.5 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 100 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 14 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- -206 ft · pressure altitude -61 ft
- Observed
- 6 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 220° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 19R | 6 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 19L | 6 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 30 | — | 6 kt from the left |
| 12 | — | 6 kt from the right |
| 01L | 6 kt tail | 2 kt from the left |
| 01R | 6 kt tail | 2 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
Weather cameras
16 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 24 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF PABE 111141Z 1112/1212 23009KT 1/4SM FG VV001 FM112000 23007KT P6SM FEW005
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 60.77856, -161.83717
- Elevation
- 129 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1449Z / 0654Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2200 1 APR - 31 OCT; 0700-2000 1 NOV - 31 MAR.
- Magnetic variation
- 11° (2020)
- Fuel
- 100,100LL,A,A1
- Sectional
- Mc Grath
- County
- Bethel, AK
Airport diagram
Everything else PABE publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01L/19R | 6,400 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 01R/19L | 4,000 | 75 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 12/30 | 1,858 | 75 | GRVL | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 119.8
- Tower 0700-2200 1 APR - 31 OCT; 0700-2000 1 NOV - 31 MAR.
- 118.7
- Ground
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 118.7
Published procedures
- 11 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- PFZK Akiachak13 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PABE airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Alaska 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.