Crooked Creek Airport (CJX) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 10:56 AM AKDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (PASL), CJX is currently VFR with winds from 150° at 8 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 12,000 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Crooked Creek Airport in Crooked Creek, AK, decoded from the nearest reporting station (PASL): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Crooked Creek Airport (CJX) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Crooked Creek, AK at a field elevation of 182 ft. CJX has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from PASL, about 29 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (14/32), the longest 3,300 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for PAMC.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station PASL, 29.4 nm away.
Wind from the south-southeast (150°) at 8 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, broken clouds at 12,000 ft, temperature 4°C (39°F), altimeter 30.00 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR), ceiling 12,000 ft.
METAR PASL 281856Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM BKN120 04/01 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP151 T00390006 PWINO $
What changed at PASL (nearest station)?
Since the 1756Z (9:56 AM AKDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.03 → 30.00 inHg.
Current pilot readout for CJX
Based on the nearest station (PASL), CJX is currently VFR with winds from 150° at 8 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 12,000 ft ceiling. the wind favors runway ends 14. Density altitude is approximately -1,200 ft (field elevation 182 ft). CJX does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is PAMC, about 96 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14FAV | 3,300 ft | GRVL-DIRT-P | 8 kt head | 1 kt left |
| 32 | 3,300 ft | GRVL-DIRT-P | 8 kt tail | 1 kt right |
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CJX runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 14/323,300 × 75 ft · GRVL-DIRT-PCurrent useno stated-runway source at CJXWind
- 14
- 8 kt headwind · 1 kt crosswind from left
- 32
- 8 kt tailwind · 1 kt crosswind from right
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“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 23 h: wind 4→8 kt, ceiling 1,400 ft → 12,000 ft.
CJX weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Recent aviation weather trends at CJX
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station PASL reported mostly marginal VFR across 31 observations, with 3 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 1,200 ft. Wind most often came from the SE.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 14
- 76%
- 32
- 24%
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Live crosswind meter
CJX's AWOS-3PT isn't in the national weather feed, so the wind comes from PASL, 29 nm away.
Wind is 5° off runway 14, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 14/32 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Fuel
- Mogas (auto fuel)
- Attended
- Unattended
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Runway lights
- Sunset to sunrise
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- ICAO
- PACJ
- IATA
- CKD
- FAA LID
- CJX
- City
- Crooked Creek
- State
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 182 ft
- Coordinates
- 61.8703, -158.1376
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,300 ft
- Weather reporting
- On-field AWOS-3PT, not in the national feed (using PASL)
- TAF
- Nearest PAMC
- Time zone
- America/Anchorage
- Sunset in
- 7h 11m
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