PAOR — Northway
Northway, AK · field elevation 1,720 ft · NON-ATCT
PAOR current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PAOR 111153Z 24003KT 10SM SCT080 06/05 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP205 T00560050 10139 20050 53004 $
- Wind
- from 240° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- sct, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 6 °C / dewpoint 5 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Density altitude
- 761 ft · pressure altitude 1,520 ft
- Observed
- 19 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 240° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 06 | 3 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 6 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 PAOR 111122Z 1112/1212 00000KT P6SM SCT080
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 62.96117, -141.92808
- Elevation
- 1,720 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1316Z / 0548Z
- Magnetic variation
- 17° (2025)
- Sectional
- Anchorage
- County
- Southeast Fairbanks, AK
Everything else PAOR publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,100 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 123.6
Published procedures
- 3 approaches — RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- PFTO Tok Junction36 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PAOR 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.