PALU — Cape Lisburne Lrrs
Cape Lisburne, AK · field elevation 14 ft · NON-ATCT
PALU current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PALU 111155Z AUTO 13010KT 020V260 10SM CLR 14/11 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01420114 10155 20137 57008;
- Wind
- from 130° at 10 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 11 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- -312 ft · pressure altitude -176 ft
- Observed
- 18 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 130° at 10 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 09 | 9 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 27 | 9 kt tail | 5 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
Forecast
No TAF is issued for PALU — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for PALU — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 68.87513, -166.11108
- Elevation
- 14 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1358Z / 0818Z
- Magnetic variation
- 7° (2025)
- Sectional
- Cape Lisburne
- County
- Barrow, AK
Everything else PALU publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,800 | 135 | GRAVEL | — |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 126.2
Nearby airports
- PAPO Point Hope35 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PALU 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.