PWAK — Wake Island Airfield
Wake Island, QW · field elevation 23 ft · NON-ATCT
PWAK current weather
MVFR ceiling 1,000–3,000 ft or visibility 3–5 statute miles
METAR PWAK 111055Z AUTO 13008KT 3SM BR CLR 29/27 M RMK AO2 SLPNO T02910271 $
- Wind
- from 130° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 29 °C / dewpoint 27 °C
- Altimeter
- —
- Observed
- 83 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 130° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 28 | 7 kt tail | 4 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
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF PWAK 110600Z 1106/1212 18010KT 8000 -SHRA SCT010 BKN170 QNH2979INS BECMG 1112/1113 18010KT 9999 NSW SCT015 BKN170 QNH2983INS TEMPO 1200/1206 8000 -SHRA SCT010 TX30/1110Z TN27/1116Z
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 19.28249, 166.63665
- Elevation
- 23 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1833Z / 0724Z
- Magnetic variation
- 6° (2010)
- Sectional
- Gnc 7
- County
- Wake Island, QW
Everything else PWAK publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 9,844 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PWAK airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other QW 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.