PAFR — Bryant AAF
Fort Richardson (Anchorage), AK · field elevation 387 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PAFR 252255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC070 10/05 A2961 RMK AO2 SLP030 T00960048 $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 7,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 10 °C / dewpoint 5 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.61 inHg
- Density altitude
- 219 ft · pressure altitude 697 ft
- Observed
- 64 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
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Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
23 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 5 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 1,500–1,500 ft.
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Forecast
No TAF is issued for PAFR — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for PAFR — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 61.26590, -149.65331
- Elevation
- 387 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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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
- 1551Z / 0348Z
- Tower hours
- 1500-0700Z++ MON-FRI EXCEPT FED HOLS.
- Magnetic variation
- 15°E (2025)
- Sectional
- Anchorage
- County
- Anchorage, AK
Airport diagram
Everything else PAFR publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,088 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 134.25
- Tower 1500-0700Z++ MON-FRI EXCEPT FED HOLS.
- 125.0
- Ground
- 121.25
- Clearance
- 119.1
- CTAF
- 125.0
- Approach
- 118.6
Nearby airports
- PAED Elmendorf AFB5 nm
- PAMR Merrill Fld6 nm
- PABV Birchwood10 nm
- PALH Lake Hood10 nm
- PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage Intl11 nm
- PAWS Wasilla19 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PAFR 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.