PARC — Arctic Village
Arctic Village, AK · field elevation 2,092 ft · NON-ATCT
PARC current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PARC 111156Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM -RA OVC036 09/07 A3018 RMK AO2 RAB49 SLP250 P0000 60000 T00890072 10117 20089 58002 TSNO
- Wind
- from 320° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 3,600 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 9 °C / dewpoint 7 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,538 ft · pressure altitude 1,832 ft
- Observed
- 16 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 320° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | — | 3 kt from the left |
| 20 | — | 3 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 4 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for PARC — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for PARC — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 68.11467, -145.57942
- Elevation
- 2,092 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1245Z / 0647Z
- Magnetic variation
- 26° (2005)
- Sectional
- Point Barrow
- County
- Upper Yukon, AK
Everything else PARC publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,500 | 75 | GRAVEL | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.9
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PARC 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.