Runways at PAFL
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Tin Creek Airport (Farewell Lake) has one runway: 13/31 - 610 m long (2,000 ft), 4 m wide, unpaved surface.
Tin Creek Airport (Farewell Lake) (PAFL)
United States · elevation 1151 ft AMSL
· 62.5322, -153.6128
About Tin Creek Airport (Farewell Lake)
Tin Creek Airport (Farewell Lake) is an airport with the ICAO code PAFL. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Farewell Lake. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the PA prefix, which marks airports in United States. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 62°31'56"N, 153°36'46"W, at an elevation of 1,151 ft (351 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Anchorage.
Satellite view of PAFL
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of PAFL
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 130° | 610 m (2,000 ft) | 4 m (12 ft) | unpaved |
| 31 | 310° |
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.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 13/31 on 130° and 310° 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 13/31 axis, wind from the south-west (around 220°) or from the north-east (around 40°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 130° or 310° 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 PAFL
Weather reports for Tin Creek Airport (Farewell Lake) are published under the ICAO code PAFL. 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 PAFL 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 PAFL, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Anchorage zone is GMT-09:00 in winter and GMT-08:00 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 Farewell Lake Seaplane Base (PAFK, 1 km), Nikolai Airport (PAFS, 66 km), McGrath Airport (PAMC, 112 km). When no report is available for PAFL, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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