Runways at PAWI
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Wainwright Airport has one runway: 05/23 - 1,370 m long (4,494 ft), 27 m wide, unpaved surface.
Wainwright Airport (PAWI / AIN)
United States · elevation 41 ft AMSL
· 70.6380, -159.9950
About Wainwright Airport
Wainwright Airport is an airport with the ICAO code PAWI and the IATA code AIN. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Wainwright. 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 PAWI is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code AIN is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 70°38'17"N, 159°59'42"W, at an elevation of 41 ft (12 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Anchorage.
Satellite view of PAWI
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of PAWI
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 50° | 1,370 m (4,494 ft) | 27 m (90 ft) | unpaved |
| 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.
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 PAWI
Weather reports for Wainwright Airport are published under the ICAO code PAWI. 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 PAWI 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 PAWI, 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 Wainwright Air Station (PAWT, 6 km), Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial Airport (PATQ, 97 km), Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport (Utqiaġvik) (PABR, 137 km). When no report is available for PAWI, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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