Runways at PAGB
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Galbraith Lake Airport has one runway: 13/31 - 1,579 m long (5,182 ft), 46 m wide, unpaved surface.
Galbraith Lake Airport (PAGB / GBH)
United States · elevation 2663 ft AMSL
· 68.4797, -149.4900
About Galbraith Lake Airport
Galbraith Lake Airport is an airport with the ICAO code PAGB and the IATA code GBH. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Galbraith Lake. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the PA prefix, which marks airports in United States. The four-letter code PAGB is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code GBH is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 68°28'47"N, 149°29'24"W, at an elevation of 2,663 ft (812 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Anchorage.
Satellite view of PAGB
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of PAGB
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 130° | 1,579 m (5,182 ft) | 46 m (150 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 PAGB
Weather reports for Galbraith Lake Airport are published under the ICAO code PAGB. 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 PAGB 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 PAGB, 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 Anaktuvuk Pass Airport (PAKP, 100 km), Chandalar Lake Airport (PALR, 116 km), Coldfoot Airport (PACX, 140 km). When no report is available for PAGB, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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