PACD — Cold Bay
Cold Bay, AK · field elevation 100 ft · NON-ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
PACD current weather
LIFR ceiling below 500 ft or visibility under 1 statute mile
SPECI PACD 111205Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM OVC004 10/09 A3015 RMK AO2 T01000094 TSNO $
- Wind
- from 000° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 400 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 10 °C / dewpoint 9 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Density altitude
- -755 ft · pressure altitude -130 ft
- Observed
- 8 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 000° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 26 | — | 3 kt from the right |
| 08 | — | 3 kt from the left |
| 15 | 3 kt tail | 1 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
8 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 21 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 PACD 111141Z 1112/1212 01007KT P6SM OVC007 FM111500 35005KT P6SM OVC015
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 55.20592, -162.72625
- Elevation
- 100 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1518Z / 0633Z
- Magnetic variation
- 12° (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Cold Bay
- County
- Aleutians East, AK
Airport diagram
Everything else PACD publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 10,179 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 08/26 | 4,900 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 123.6
Published procedures
- 8 approaches — ILS, LOC, LOC/BC, LS, RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 2 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- PAKF False Pass32 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PACD 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.