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PGSN — Francisco C Ada/Saipan Intl
Saipan Island, MP · field elevation 214 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
PGSN current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PGSN 111154Z 23008KT 10SM FEW015 27/26 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP114 60012 7//// T02670256 10283 20261 53017 $
- Wind
- from 230° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 27 °C / dewpoint 26 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,803 ft · pressure altitude 334 ft
- Observed
- 24 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 230° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 8 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 25 | 8 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 06 | 8 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
| 07 | 8 kt tail | 2 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
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF PGSN 111134Z 1112/1212 24010KT P6SM VCSH FEW018 SCT030 BKN080 PROB30 1113/1118 24010G18KT 4SM SHRA SCT016 BKN030 FM112300 24017G28KT P6SM VCSH SCT018 BKN090 FM120800 24010KT P6SM VCSH FEW020 SCT100
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 15.12025, 145.72999
- Elevation
- 214 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
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
- 2002Z / 0843Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 2° (1985)
- Fuel
- 100,100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Gnc 7
- County
- Northern Mariana Is, MP
Airport diagram
Everything else PGSN publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 8,699 | 200 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 06/24 | 7,001 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 127.2
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 125.7
- Ground
- 121.8
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, NDB/DME, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PGSN airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Northern Mariana Islands 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.