PAEI — Eielson AFB
Fairbanks, AK · field elevation 548 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
PAEI current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PAEI 111055Z 00000KT 10SM BKN090 15/10 A3008 RMK AO2A SLPNO WND DATA ESTMD ALSTG ESTMD T0145094 $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 9,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 15 °C / dewpoint 10 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.08 inHg
- Density altitude
- 419 ft · pressure altitude 388 ft
- Observed
- 83 minutes ago
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 2 nm. Last image 27 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 PAEI 110600Z 1106/1212 VRB06KT 9999 FEW050 BKN090 BKN200 QNH3007INS TX24/1201Z TN11/1114Z
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 64.66564, -147.10143
- Elevation
- 548 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
- 1324Z / 0621Z
- Tower hours
- 1600-0800Z++
- Magnetic variation
- 19° (2015)
- Sectional
- Fairbanks
- County
- Fairbanks North Star, AK
Airport diagram
Everything else PAEI publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 14,530 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 119.9
- Tower 1600-0800Z++
- 127.2
- Ground
- 121.8
- Approach 180-359
- 125.35
- Approach 360-179
- 127.1
- Departure
- 127.1
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — LG, LS
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- PAFB Ladd AAF17 nm
- PAFA Fairbanks Intl21 nm
- PANN Nenana Muni51 nm
- PABI Allen AAF54 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PAEI 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.