Runways at PADK
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Adak Airport has one runway: 05/23 - 2,374 m long (7,790 ft), 61 m wide, asphalt surface.
Adak Airport (PADK / ADK)
United States · elevation 18 ft AMSL
· 51.8836, -176.6428
About Adak Airport
Adak Airport is an airport with the ICAO code PADK and the IATA code ADK. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Adak. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the PA prefix, which marks airports in United States. The four-letter code PADK is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code ADK is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 51°53'01"N, 176°38'34"W, at an elevation of 18 ft (5 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Adak.
Satellite view of PADK
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of PADK
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 50° | 2,374 m (7,790 ft) | 61 m (200 ft) | asphalt |
| 23 | 230° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Adak Airport - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from PADK for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 24,246 METAR reports issued by PADK in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 37% of the time, MVFR 46% and IFR or LIFR 17%. Best month for VFR flying: October (54% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: July (38%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 09:00 UTC (21% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 02:00 UTC (14%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 19 days a year on average, most often in July. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 0 days a year on average, and snowfall on 61.
The wind most often blows from WSW (248°) - 18% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 6% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 18%. Warmest month: July (average high 14.5 °C); coldest: February (average low -1.3 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 37%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 17%
- Avg high
- 7.7 °C
- Avg low
- 3.3 °C
- Fog days
- 19
- Thunderstorm days
- 0
- Snow days
- 61
- Prevailing wind
- WSW · 18%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- 18%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 37%
- MVFR 46%
- IFR 13%
- LIFR 5%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 6%
Most often: WSW - 18% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1 | -1.0 | 43% | 10% | 2.3 | 0 | 12 |
| February | 3.7 | -1.3 | 49% | 10% | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| March | 3.9 | 0.1 | 41% | 13% | 1.3 | 0 | 13 |
| April | 5.5 | 1.6 | 44% | 9% | 0.3 | 0 | 4.7 |
| May | 6.9 | 2.9 | 24% | 11% | 0.3 | 0 | 2.3 |
| June | 9.1 | 5.1 | 16% | 31% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 14.5 | 8.8 | 17% | 38% | 5.2 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 13.9 | 9.0 | 25% | 34% | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 12.9 | 7.5 | 41% | 21% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 8.6 | 4.0 | 54% | 10% | 0 | 0 | 0.8 |
| November | 6.9 | 2.8 | 43% | 13% | 1 | 0 | 3.9 |
| December | 3.5 | -0.8 | 53% | 7% | 0.4 | 0 | 14 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 05/23 on 50° and 230° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 05/23 axis, wind from the south-east (around 140°) or from the north-west (around 320°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 50° or 230° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for PADK
Weather reports for Adak Airport are published under the ICAO code PADK. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the PADK report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for PADK, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Adak zone is GMT-10:00 in winter and GMT-09:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Atka Airport (PAAK, 171 km), Nikolski Air Station (PAKO, 541 km), Eareckson Air Station (Shemya) (PASY, 635 km). When no report is available for PADK, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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