PAEI — Eielson AFB
Fairbanks, AK · field elevation 548 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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PAEI current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
SPECI PAEI 100613Z 04011KT 10SM -SN BKN046 OVC090 M03/M08 A2915 RMK SLP883 PCPN VRY LGT $
- Wind
- from 040° at 11 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 4,600 ft AGL
- Temperature
- -3 °C / dewpoint -8 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.15 inHg
- Density altitude
- -511 ft · pressure altitude 1,318 ft
- Observed
- 17 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 040° at 11 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | 5 kt head | 10 kt from the right |
| 14 | 5 kt tail | 10 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
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 7 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 3,500–3,500 ft.
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Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF PAEI 100600Z 1006/1112 04010KT 4800 -SN BR BKN030 BKN050 620306 QNH2908INS BECMG 1008/1009 05012G20KT 9999 NSW BKN050 BKN100 620504 QNH2895INS BECMG 1021/1023 05008KT 9999 SCT060 BKN100 QNH2900INS TX02/1023Z TNM05/1006Z
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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
- 1806Z / 0058Z
- Tower hours
- 1600-0800Z++
- Magnetic variation
- 14°E (2030)
- 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 — ILS, LOC/GS
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.