PALP — Alpine Airstrip
Nuiqsut, AK · field elevation 21 ft · NON-ATCT
PALP current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PALP 111145Z 08006KT 10SM OVC050 06/05 A3022
- Wind
- from 080° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 5,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 6 °C / dewpoint 5 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Density altitude
- -1,413 ft · pressure altitude -279 ft
- Observed
- 27 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
7 within 20 nm, closest 8 nm. Last image 4 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for PALP — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for PALP — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 70.34428, -150.94475
- Elevation
- 21 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1235Z / 0738Z
- Sectional
- Point Barrow
- County
- North Slope, AK
Everything else PALP publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,005 | 100 | GRVL | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
Nearby airports
- PAQT Nuiqsut8 nm
- PAKU Ugnu-Kuparuk27 nm
- PASC Deadhorse51 nm
Elsewhere
- 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.