PACX — Coldfoot
Coldfoot, AK · field elevation 1,049 ft · NON-ATCT
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PACX current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PACX 111156Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM OVC090 09/07 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP835 T00890072 10144 20078 50000 $
- Wind
- from 230° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 9,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 9 °C / dewpoint 7 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Density altitude
- 287 ft · pressure altitude 819 ft
- Observed
- 17 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 230° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 02 | 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
4 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 25 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for PACX — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for PACX — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 67.25217, -150.20391
- Elevation
- 1,049 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1313Z / 0656Z
- Magnetic variation
- 16° (2020)
- Sectional
- Fairbanks
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk, AK
Everything else PACX publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,011 | 75 | GRAVEL | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.9
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- PABT Bettles37 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PACX 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.