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PABV Runway 02R/20L — Birchwood Airport

1,802 × 50 ft grv · true headings 039° / 219° · field elevation 83 ft

Runway 02R/20L at Birchwood Airport (PABV) in Birchwood, AK is 1,802 ft long and 50 ft wide, grv, with true headings 039° and 219°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 02R the headwind 29.4% of the time and runway 20L 70.6%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 0.1% of wind hours. PABV has no digital ATIS, so the active runway is not known; the wind-favored end and the ATIS Alerts prediction are estimates.

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Runway 02R/20L — current operational status

What the D-ATIS, the tower and current NOTAMs state now. The published FAA baseline (NASR) is a separate line in the overview below and does not reflect temporary closures.

STATUS UNKNOWN
  • No received NOTAM closes or restricts this runway, but the NOTAM stream has no complete initial load and the airport has no tower or D-ATIS feed. No current closure information.

Sources: Published FAA baseline (OurAirports/NASR record) · FAA NOTAMs. Runway NOTAMs stream live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service (SWIM); the official text is shown verbatim below the card. Always confirm with a current briefing.

No received NOTAM currently names runway 02R/20L at PABV. NOTAMs are received live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service through SWIM and recorded since Sep 19, 2026; a NOTAM issued before that and not re-issued since may be missing. Get a full briefing before flight.

Current runway assignment is not available from D-ATIS at PABV. The wind components below show which end the wind favors; the section after it is an ATIS Alerts prediction. Neither is an ATC assignment.

Current wind on Runway 02R/20L

Wind calm

METAR 1912Z (11:12 AM AKDT)
Runway 02R

No steady wind direction — no components to compute.

Runway 20L

No steady wind direction — no components to compute.

02L20R20L02RNcalm
  • arrivals
  • departures
  • LAHSO hold-short
  • closed

Layout from FAA NASR runway-end coordinates; the selected runway is highlighted and no active source exists here. Not for navigation.

Components use TRUE runway headings and TRUE METAR wind. “Favored by wind” is arithmetic, not an ATC assignment.

Runway 02R/20L outlook

Where runway 02R/20L stands now and which runway at PABV is likely over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.

Time · runway 02R/20L · airport-wide outlook · confidence · forecast wind · why

  1. Now1919Z · 11:19 AM AKDT·02R/20L: no runway favored·no runway favored airport-wide·no confidence·wind calm·Why METAR wind 000° at 0 kt: below 5 kt, wind does not decide the runway.|No recorded calm-wind preference yet, so no end is favored.
  2. +1 h2019Z · 12:19 PM AKDT·02R/20L: no runway favored·no runway favored airport-wide·no confidence·wind not forecast·Why No TAF is published for this airport, so there is no forecast wind to score.
  3. +2 h2119Z · 1:19 PM AKDT·02R/20L: no runway favored·no runway favored airport-wide·no confidence·wind not forecast·Why No TAF is published for this airport, so there is no forecast wind to score.
  4. +3 h2219Z · 2:19 PM AKDT·02R/20L: no runway favored·no runway favored airport-wide·no confidence·wind not forecast·Why No TAF is published for this airport, so there is no forecast wind to score.
  5. +6 h0119Z · 5:19 PM AKDT·02R/20L: no runway favored·no runway favored airport-wide·no confidence·wind not forecast·Why No TAF is published for this airport, so there is no forecast wind to score.
  6. +12 h0719Z · 11:19 PM AKDT·02R/20L: no runway favored·no runway favored airport-wide·no confidence·wind not forecast·Why No TAF is published for this airport, so there is no forecast wind to score.

ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the current wind (no TAF is published for this airport), runway geometry (most headwind, crosswind penalised, tailwind over 5 kt avoided, longest runway breaks ties), the current stated configuration and any stated closures. Each row lists its reasons; “no runway favored” is a genuine answer under variable or light wind, never replaced by a guess. It is not an ATC assignment and does not know about noise abatement or traffic flow unless the recorded history shows them.

Runway 02R/20L equipment and lighting

What the FAA record lists for each end, annotated with current NOTAM and D-ATIS outages.

Runway 02R
Approach lighting
Not available
Visual glide slope
Not available
Runway edge lighting
Not available
Centerline lighting
Not available
Touchdown zone lighting
Not available
REIL
Not available
ILS
Not available
Localizer
Not available
Glideslope
Not available
DME
Not available
Marker beacons
Not available
RVR
Not available
Runway markings
Not available
Arresting system
Not available
Runway 20L
Approach lighting
Not available
Visual glide slope
Not available
Runway edge lighting
Not available
Centerline lighting
Not available
Touchdown zone lighting
Not available
REIL
Not available
ILS
Not available
Localizer
Not available
Glideslope
Not available
DME
Not available
Marker beacons
Not available
RVR
Not available
Runway markings
Not available
Arresting system
Not available

Source: FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle effective 2026-10-01 (equipment on record) · FAA NOTAMs via SWIM (live)and the current D-ATIS (outages). “Not available” means the FAA record lists no such equipment for the end; nothing here is inferred. An outage annotation is only ever a reading of the official text shown with it. Declared distances are not shown in this phase.

Land and hold short operations

LAHSO hold-short points and available landing distances on the FAA record, and whether the current D-ATIS reports LAHSO in effect.

Runway 02R

No LAHSO hold-short point on the FAA record for this end.

Runway 20L

No LAHSO hold-short point on the FAA record for this end.

This airport has no D-ATIS, so the current LAHSO state is not known here. Source: FAA NASR cycle 2026-10-01; D-ATIS text read by ATIS Alerts.

Frequencies for runway 02R/20L

Tower, ground, clearance, ATIS and approach frequencies from the FAA record, labelled by what they apply to.

Frequencies serving runway 02R/20L at PABV
ServiceFrequencyApplies to
CTAF123.0Airport-wideACTVT VASI RWY 20R; MIRL RWY 02L/20R - CTAF. ACTVT VASI RWY 20R - 7 CLICKS.; MID 1500 FT TWY A DSGND ULTRALIGHT & SKI/TUNDRA TIRE EQUIP RWY; PARL OPS NA - SEQ ON CTAF.

The FAA record does not sectorize PABV's frequencies by runway; every row applies airport-wide. Source: FAA NASR FRQ, cycle 2026-10-01. Verify on the current chart supplement before use.

Runway 02R/20L overview

Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.

Length
1,802 ft
Width
50 ft
Surface
GRV · Fair condition
Runway lights
Not lighted
Airport elevation
83 ft
Published FAA baseline
Open
Published NASR record; does not reflect temporary closures or restrictions. Current operational status is the card at the top of the page.
Runway 02R
True heading
039°
Magnetic
020°
Published FAA baseline
Open
Threshold elevation
79 ft
TDZ elevation
79 ft
Displaced threshold
None on record
Runway 20L
True heading
219°
Magnetic
200°
Published FAA baseline
Open
Threshold elevation
73 ft
TDZ elevation
79 ft
Displaced threshold
None on record
Traffic pattern
Right

Runway 02R/20L numbers are magnetic; the stored geometry and every wind calculation on this page are TRUE north, so they never need a variation correction. Magnetic headings use the FAA's published variation for this airport, 19.0°E (2010), the same value printed on the FAA airport diagram. Surface condition, treatment, weight bearing, thresholds and traffic pattern are from the FAA NASR record (cycle 2026-10-01); lighting, ILS and LAHSO are in their own sections above. Declared distances are not shown in this phase.

Wind-favored runway at PABV — last 30 days

Which runway end had the most headwind each hour, from ATIS Alerts' collected wind history — an estimate, not ATC use.

Wind-favored runway - past 30 days

Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.

02L/02R
51%
20L/20R
49%

Historical wind and crosswind on runway 02R/20L

20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.

From 170,362 hourly observations at PABV (2005–2025), 96,076 with a steady wind direction (43.6% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.

Crosswind on runway 02R/20L (either end)

Mean crosswind
2.5 kt
median 2.2 kt
90th / 95th percentile
4.9 / 5.9 kt
max 23 kt
Above 10 kt
0.7%
> 15 kt: 0.1% · > 20 kt: 0%
Gust crosswind > 15 kt
0.7%
90th pct gust 4.9 kt
0%53%106%92%0–5 kt7.2%5–10 kt0.6%10–15 kt0.1%15–20 kt0.0%20–25 kt0.0%25+ kt
Share of wind hours by crosswind band on runway 02R/20L at PABV, 2005–2025
Crosswind (kt)Share of wind hours
0–592.1%
5–107.2%
10–150.6%
15–200.1%
20–250%
25+0%

Strongest-crosswind month on average: May; calmest: Jan. Percentiles are streaming approximations (t-digest), accurate to about 0.1 kt.

Runway 02R

Headwind
29.4%
of wind hours
Tailwind > 5 kt
11%
> 10 kt: 0.9%
Most wind-favored end
9.1%
of steady-wind hours, 02R had the most headwind of every end at PABV

Runway 20L

Headwind
70.6%
of wind hours
Tailwind > 5 kt
7.5%
> 10 kt: 2.8%
Most wind-favored end
41.3%
of steady-wind hours, 20L had the most headwind of every end at PABV

“Most wind-favored end” is meteorological analysis: the share of steady-wind hours (2005–2025) in which this end had the most headwind of every open runway end at PABV. It does not mean ATC selected the runway that often (parallel ends with the same heading share the credit equally). Observed runway use, where available, is the configuration-history section above.

By wind direction

Wind-favored share of runway 02R and 20L by wind sector, 2005–2025
Wind fromShare of wind hours02R favored20L favoredMean crosswindCrosswind > 15 kt
N 338–023°4%100%0%1.3 kt0%
NE 023–068°15%17.1%0%2.6 kt0.1%
E 068–113°6%0%0%3.9 kt0.8%
SE 113–158°12%0%79.8%3.6 kt0.2%
S 158–203°25%0%100%1.2 kt0%
SW 203–248°17%0%41.7%1.4 kt0%
W 248–293°17%0%0%4.1 kt0%
NW 293–338°3%62.6%0%3.7 kt0%

By time of day (airport-local)

morning
02R favored 12.9% · 20L 41.2%
mean crosswind 2.2 kt · calm 47.6%
afternoon
02R favored 13.4% · 20L 23.2%
mean crosswind 2.9 kt · calm 37.9%
evening
02R favored 6.5% · 20L 40.5%
mean crosswind 2.7 kt · calm 38.1%
night
02R favored 4% · 20L 57.9%
mean crosswind 2.2 kt · calm 47.6%

Seasonal runway conditions

0.01.83.6JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean crosswind on runway 02R/20L at PABV by month, 2005–2025
MonthMean crosswind (kt)
Jan2.1 kt
Feb2.1 kt
Mar2.5 kt
Apr2.7 kt
May3.2 kt
Jun2.9 kt
Jul2.6 kt
Aug2.4 kt
Sep2.3 kt
Oct2.2 kt
Nov2.2 kt
Dec2.3 kt
Monthly wind and weather statistics for runway 02R/20L at PABV, 2005–2025
MonthPrevailingMean windGustyMean xwxw > 10xw > 15xw > 2002R tail > 520L tail > 5IFRTSFog
JanS2.8 kt2.4%2.1 kt0.7%0.2%0%15%7.3%16.8%0%5.1%
FebS2.8 kt3.5%2.1 kt1%0.2%0%13.8%9.9%12.6%0%6.2%
MarS3.1 kt4.1%2.5 kt1.7%0.3%0%10.7%13.1%5%0%2.6%
AprW3.1 kt2.6%2.7 kt0.4%0%0%8.6%9.7%3.3%0%1.4%
MayW3.7 kt2.1%3.2 kt0.5%0%0%10.4%5.3%1%0%0.1%
JunW3.2 kt0.9%2.9 kt0.2%0%0%8.7%3.2%1.1%0%0.3%
JulW2.6 kt0.2%2.6 kt0.1%0%0%6.6%3.2%2.5%0%0.9%
AugNE2.4 kt1%2.4 kt0.2%0%0%6.6%6.2%3%0%1%
SepS2.4 kt1.2%2.3 kt0.1%0%0%8%7.2%5.4%0%1.3%
OctS2.9 kt2.6%2.2 kt0.6%0%0%11.8%8.7%6.8%0%2.2%
NovS3.1 kt3.3%2.2 kt0.6%0.1%0%14.7%8.5%13.2%0%6%
DecS3.3 kt4.1%2.3 kt1.7%0.3%0%17%8.5%16.3%0%5.9%

IFR, thunderstorm (TS) and fog columns are airport-wide shares of hours; the crosswind and tailwind columns are specific to this runway. Prevailing = most common 45° wind sector among wind hours.

Runway 02R/20L closure history

Kept per source with its provenance: D-ATIS-observed, NOTAM-observed and the FAA published baseline are never merged.

PABV has no D-ATIS, so there is no broadcast-observed closure record.

NOTAM observed · recorded since Sep 19, 2026 (no archive before that)

No closure NOTAM naming runway 02R/20L has been received since the stream went live.

Published FAA baseline (NASR record)

Runway 02R/20L: Open on the published record — a baseline that does not reflect temporary closures or restrictions, not the current operational status.

Recent pilot reports involving runway 02R/20L

Official PIREPs that name this runway explicitly, past 6 hours.

No pilot report in the last 6 hours names runway 02R/20L at PABV explicitly. Reports near the airport that do not name a runway are on the airport page.

Instrument approaches to runway 02R/20L

From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.

No published instrument approach procedures are listed for PABV in the current FAA d-TPP cycle. Visual approaches only.

Methodology and sources

Short version below; the full write-up is at Runway Intelligence methodology, and every launched airport is listed on the Runway Intelligence hub.

  • Active runwayscome first from the tower's TFDM (Terminal Flight Data Manager) airport configuration, received as structured data through the FAA SWIM Cloud Distribution Service at towers that have it; otherwise from the airport's D-ATIS text (community relay of the FAA broadcast) with an open, tested parser, and the broadcast text is always shown. Every change is recorded, so “recorded use” is what the facility stated, never an inference. ATIS Alerts is not an FAA product and this is not FAA data; SWIM content is for non-operational use.
  • Flowis the compass direction of the stated arrival ends (eight sectors, named only when every arrival end points within 30° of the others and clear of a sector edge); a tower's own configuration name is used when it carries a direction word. Stored separately from the runway sets.
  • Equipment, LAHSO and frequencies come from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription (cycle 2026-10-01): approach lights, visual glide slope, edge / centerline / touchdown-zone lights, REIL, ILS components with FAA status, RVR, markings, LAHSO hold-short points and available landing distances, and facility frequencies with their published sectorization. Outage annotations are readings of the NOTAM or D-ATIS text shown beside them. Blank FAA fields read “Not available”.
  • Wind components use the current METAR (aviationweather.gov) against TRUE runway headings from the OurAirports/FAA runway record.
  • Runway visual range, tower demand and traffic-management restrictions come from FAA SWIM: STDDS Airport Data (RVR and light settings, about 130 airports) and TFDM (15-minute runway demand, APREQ/MIT restrictions). Each block is stamped with its own time; none of it is an FAA product or a clearance.
  • Predicted runway scores each open end from the TAF wind (headwind, crosswind penalty, tailwind avoidance, longest-runway tie-break), excludes stated closures, and — once a wind sector has 24 h of recorded use — adjusts confidence by what the facility did under similar wind; every row lists its reasons. It does not model noise abatement or flow programs beyond what the record shows.
  • History thresholds: usage shares need 12 / 48 / 168 recorded hours for the 24-hour / 7-day / 30-day windows; a wind sector needs 24 h and 5 days; time-of-day needs 7 days and 20 h per daypart; flow shares need 48 h. Below a bar the module says so instead of showing a percentage.
  • Climatology: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive, one observation per hour, 45° wind sectors, percentiles via t-digest; runway geometry is today's record applied to all years. Methodology v1.
  • PIREPs: official reports from aviationweather.gov are attached only when the text names this runway and the report is tied to PABV by identifier or by position within 15 NM. Approaches: FAA d-TPP metafile, current charting cycle; plates link to aeronav.faa.gov. No minimums are reproduced.
  • Data freshness: METAR and D-ATIS refresh every minute on this page; the D-ATIS recorder ran 4 min ago; usage rollups every 3 h; climatology through 2025-12-31.

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