PAUN Runway 15/33 — Unalakleet Airport
5,900 × 150 ft asphalt · true headings 164° / 344° · field elevation 27 ft
Runway 15/33 at Unalakleet Airport (PAUN) in Unalakleet, AK is 5,900 ft long and 150 ft wide, asphalt, with true headings 164° and 344°. The FAA record lists Localizer/DME (no glideslope) on runway 15. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 15 the headwind 58.3% of the time and runway 33 41.7%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 18.2% of wind hours. PAUN has no digital ATIS, so the active runway is not known; the wind-favored end and the ATIS Alerts prediction are estimates.
Runway 15/33 — 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.
- NOTAM 10/061: !UNK 10/061 UNK NAV LOC RWY 15 DME NOT MNT 2610272144-2710241500EST
- NOTAM 10/014: !UNK 10/014 UNK RWY 33 VASI U/S 2610191641-2612271500EST
- NOTAM 08/004: !UNK 08/004 UNK NAV ILS RWY 15 DME NOT MNT 2608250533-2710241500EST
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.
NOTAMs for runway 15/33
Official text as issued; grouped for reading only. “Scheduled” means not yet in effect. 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.
- 09/004 · DOM09/19 0441Z (8:41 PM AKDT) → 12/26 1500Z (6:00 AM AKST)
!UNK 09/004 UNK NAV LOC RWY 15 LOC NOT MNT 2609190441-2612261500EST
- 10/014 · DOM10/19 1641Z (8:41 AM AKDT) → 12/27 1500Z (6:00 AM AKST)
!UNK 10/014 UNK RWY 33 VASI U/S 2610191641-2612271500EST
- 10/061 · INTL10/27 2144Z (1:44 PM AKDT) → 10/24 1500Z (7:00 AM AKDT)
!UNK 10/061 UNK NAV LOC RWY 15 DME NOT MNT 2610272144-2710241500EST
- 08/004 · DOM08/25 0533Z (9:33 PM AKDT) → 10/24 1500Z (7:00 AM AKDT)
!UNK 08/004 UNK NAV ILS RWY 15 DME NOT MNT 2608250533-2710241500EST
- 6/0965 · INTL10/20 1955Z (11:55 AM AKDT) → 12/26 1500Z (6:00 AM AKST)
!FDC 6/0965 UNK IAP UNALAKLEET, UNALAKLEET, AK. LOC RWY 15, AMDT 6... PROCEDURE NA EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS. UNK VOR OUT OF SERVICE. 2610201955-2612261500EST
- 6/6093 · FDC09/30 1700Z (9:00 AM AKDT) → 05/11 1522Z (7:22 AM AKDT)
!FDC 6/6093 UNK IAP UNALAKLEET, UNALAKLEET, AK. RNAV (GPS) RWY 33, AMDT 1... NOTE: WHEN LOCAL ALTIMETER SETTING NOT RECEIVED, USE ST MICHAEL ALTIMETER SETTING AND INCREASE ALL MDAS 120 FEET, AND INCREASE LNAV CAT C/D VISIBILITY 3/8 SM AND CIRCLING CAT C/D 1/4 SM, NOTE: VDP NA WHEN USING ST MICHAEL ALTIMETER SETTING. UNK AWOS OTS. 2609301700-2705111522EST
- 6/6092 · INTL09/30 1700Z (9:00 AM AKDT) → 05/11 1522Z (7:22 AM AKDT)
!FDC 6/6092 UNK IAP UNALAKLEET, UNALAKLEET, AK. LOC RWY 15, AMDT 6... NOTE: WHEN LOCAL ALTIMETER SETTING NOT RECEIVED, USE ST MICHAEL ALTIMETER SETTING AND INCREASE ALL MDAS 120 FEET; INCREASE S-LOC 15 VISIBILITY CATS C/D 3/8 SM, AND CIRCLING VISIBILITY CATS C/D VISIBILITIES 1/4 SM, NOTE: VDP NA WHEN USING ST MICHAEL ALTIMETER SETTING. UNK AWOS OTS. 2609301700-2705111522EST
Current runway assignment is not available from D-ATIS at PAUN. 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 15/33
Wind from the east (100°) at 6 kt
- Headwind
- 3 kt
- Crosswind
- 5 ktfrom left
- Tailwind
- 3 kt
- Crosswind
- 5 ktfrom right
- 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.
Wind-favored runway at PAUN right now: 09 (6 kt headwind) — a different runway than this one.
Components use TRUE runway headings and TRUE METAR wind. “Favored by wind” is arithmetic, not an ATC assignment.
Runway 15/33 outlook
Where runway 15/33 stands now and which runway at PAUN is likely over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.
Time · runway 15/33 · airport-wide outlook · confidence · forecast wind · why
- Now1010Z · 2:10 AM AKDT·15/33: not favored·airport-wide likely 09 then 15·East flow·6 kt headwind, 0 kt crosswind·Medium 75%·wind 100° at 6 kt·Why Current METAR wind 100° at 6 kt favors east-facing runway ends: 6 kt headwind and 0 kt crosswind on 09 versus 3 kt headwind on 15.|No known runway closure prevents this configuration.
- +1 h1110Z · 3:10 AM AKDT·15/33: 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.
- +2 h1210Z · 4:10 AM AKDT·15/33: 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 h1310Z · 5:10 AM AKDT·15/33: 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 h1610Z · 8:10 AM AKDT·15/33: 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.
- +12 h2210Z · 2:10 PM AKDT·15/33: 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 15/33 equipment and lighting
What the FAA record lists for each end, annotated with current NOTAM and D-ATIS outages.
- Approach lighting
- Not available
- Visual glide slope
- VASI (4-box, left side)
- Runway edge lighting
- HIRL (high intensity)
- Centerline lighting
- Not available
- Touchdown zone lighting
- Not available
- REIL
- Not available
- ILS
- Localizer/DME (no glideslope)DEGRADED
- Localizer
- AvailableOUT OF SERVICE
- Glideslope
- Not available
- DME
- AvailableDEGRADED
- Marker beacons
- Not available
- RVR
- Not available
- Runway markings
- Precision instrument
- Arresting system
- Not available
!UNK 10/061 UNK NAV LOC RWY 15 DME NOT MNT 2610272144-2710241500EST
!FDC 6/0965 UNK IAP UNALAKLEET, UNALAKLEET, AK. LOC RWY 15, AMDT 6... PROCEDURE NA EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS. UNK VOR OUT OF SERVICE. 2610201955-2612261500EST
!FDC 6/6092 UNK IAP UNALAKLEET, UNALAKLEET, AK. LOC RWY 15, AMDT 6... NOTE: WHEN LOCAL ALTIMETER SETTING NOT RECEIVED, USE ST MICHAEL ALTIMETER SETTING AND INCREASE ALL MDAS 120 FEET; INCREASE S-LOC 15 VISIBILITY CATS C/D 3/8 SM, AND CIRCLING VISIBILITY CATS C/D VISIBILITIES 1/4 SM, NOTE: VDP NA WHEN USING ST MICHAEL ALTIMETER SETTING. UNK AWOS OTS. 2609301700-2705111522EST
!UNK 09/004 UNK NAV LOC RWY 15 LOC NOT MNT 2609190441-2612261500EST
!UNK 08/004 UNK NAV ILS RWY 15 DME NOT MNT 2608250533-2710241500EST
!UNK 10/061 UNK NAV LOC RWY 15 DME NOT MNT 2610272144-2710241500EST
!FDC 6/0965 UNK IAP UNALAKLEET, UNALAKLEET, AK. LOC RWY 15, AMDT 6... PROCEDURE NA EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS. UNK VOR OUT OF SERVICE. 2610201955-2612261500EST
!FDC 6/6092 UNK IAP UNALAKLEET, UNALAKLEET, AK. LOC RWY 15, AMDT 6... NOTE: WHEN LOCAL ALTIMETER SETTING NOT RECEIVED, USE ST MICHAEL ALTIMETER SETTING AND INCREASE ALL MDAS 120 FEET; INCREASE S-LOC 15 VISIBILITY CATS C/D 3/8 SM, AND CIRCLING VISIBILITY CATS C/D VISIBILITIES 1/4 SM, NOTE: VDP NA WHEN USING ST MICHAEL ALTIMETER SETTING. UNK AWOS OTS. 2609301700-2705111522EST
!UNK 09/004 UNK NAV LOC RWY 15 LOC NOT MNT 2609190441-2612261500EST
!UNK 10/061 UNK NAV LOC RWY 15 DME NOT MNT 2610272144-2710241500EST
!UNK 08/004 UNK NAV ILS RWY 15 DME NOT MNT 2608250533-2710241500EST
- Approach lighting
- Not available
- Visual glide slope
- VASI (4-box, left side)OUT OF SERVICE
- Runway edge lighting
- HIRL (high intensity)
- Centerline lighting
- Not available
- Touchdown zone lighting
- Not available
- REIL
- Available
- ILS
- Not available
- Localizer
- Not available
- Glideslope
- Not available
- DME
- Not available
- Marker beacons
- Not available
- RVR
- Not available
- Runway markings
- Precision instrument
- Arresting system
- Not available
!UNK 10/014 UNK RWY 33 VASI U/S 2610191641-2612271500EST
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.
No LAHSO hold-short point on the FAA record for this end.
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 15/33
Tower, ground, clearance, ATIS and approach frequencies from the FAA record, labelled by what they apply to.
| Service | Frequency | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.0 | Airport-wideACTVT REIL RWY 33; HIRL RWY 15/33; MIRL RWY 09/27 - CTAF. VASI RWY 15 & 33 ON CONSLY. |
The FAA record does not sectorize PAUN'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 15/33 overview
Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.
- Length
- 5,900 ft
- Width
- 150 ft
- Surface
- Asphalt · Good condition
- Surface treatment
- Grooved
- Runway lights
- Lighted
- Airport elevation
- 27 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.
- True heading
- 164°
- Magnetic
- 153°
- Published FAA baseline
- Open
- Threshold elevation
- 26 ft
- TDZ elevation
- 27 ft
- Displaced threshold
- None on record
- Threshold crossing height
- 39 ft
- Visual glide path
- 3°
- Traffic pattern
- Right
- Controlling obstruction
- road, 15 ft, 200 ft from threshold, 0:1 slope
- True heading
- 344°
- Magnetic
- 333°
- Published FAA baseline
- Open
- Threshold elevation
- 25 ft
- TDZ elevation
- 25 ft
- Displaced threshold
- None on record
- Threshold crossing height
- 48 ft
- Visual glide path
- 3°
- Traffic pattern
- Left
- Controlling obstruction
- bldg, 25 ft, 850 ft from threshold, 26:1 slope
Runway 15/33 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, 11.0°E (2020), 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 PAUN — last 30 days
Which runway end had the most headwind each hour, from ATIS Alerts' collected wind history — an estimate, not ATC use.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 09
- 58%
- 15
- 18%
- 33
- 18%
- 27
- 6%
Historical wind and crosswind on runway 15/33
20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.
From 174,080 hourly observations at PAUN (2005–2025), 158,279 with a steady wind direction (9.1% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.
Crosswind on runway 15/33 (either end)
| Crosswind (kt) | Share of wind hours |
|---|---|
| 0–5 | 38.2% |
| 5–10 | 28.4% |
| 10–15 | 15.2% |
| 15–20 | 9.5% |
| 20–25 | 5.5% |
| 25+ | 3.2% |
Strongest-crosswind month on average: Feb; calmest: Jun. Percentiles are streaming approximations (t-digest), accurate to about 0.1 kt.
Runway 15
Runway 33
“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 PAUN. 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 from | Share of wind hours | 15 favored | 33 favored | Mean crosswind | Crosswind > 15 kt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N 338–023° | 6% | 0% | 100% | 1.4 kt | 0% |
| NE 023–068° | 7% | 0% | 19.7% | 9.4 kt | 13.6% |
| E 068–113° | 44% | 0% | 0% | 12.8 kt | 34.2% |
| SE 113–158° | 8% | 32.5% | 0% | 3.4 kt | 0.2% |
| S 158–203° | 5% | 100% | 0% | 3.7 kt | 0.5% |
| SW 203–248° | 9% | 46.5% | 0% | 9.4 kt | 13.8% |
| W 248–293° | 10% | 0% | 0% | 8.2 kt | 8.4% |
| NW 293–338° | 11% | 0% | 62.7% | 3.9 kt | 0.1% |
By time of day (airport-local)
Seasonal runway conditions
| Month | Mean crosswind (kt) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 12.4 kt |
| Feb | 13.0 kt |
| Mar | 9.4 kt |
| Apr | 7.9 kt |
| May | 5.9 kt |
| Jun | 5.8 kt |
| Jul | 6.7 kt |
| Aug | 6.8 kt |
| Sep | 7.2 kt |
| Oct | 9.0 kt |
| Nov | 10.8 kt |
| Dec | 12.6 kt |
| Month | Prevailing | Mean wind | Gusty | Mean xw | xw > 10 | xw > 15 | xw > 20 | 15 tail > 5 | 33 tail > 5 | IFR | TS | Fog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | E | 12.4 kt | 20.9% | 12.4 kt | 51.5% | 38% | 21.8% | 8.2% | 17.5% | 6.9% | 0% | 3.4% |
| Feb | E | 13.8 kt | 21.4% | 13 kt | 57.6% | 39.8% | 21.4% | 9.7% | 18% | 9.1% | 0% | 4.1% |
| Mar | E | 10.1 kt | 10.6% | 9.4 kt | 36.6% | 21.9% | 11.3% | 15.2% | 15.6% | 8.5% | 0% | 4% |
| Apr | E | 9.4 kt | 6.4% | 7.9 kt | 29.1% | 12.4% | 4.1% | 19.3% | 13.8% | 8.4% | 0% | 3.2% |
| May | E | 7.7 kt | 4.4% | 5.9 kt | 12.3% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 21.6% | 13.4% | 10.5% | 0.01% | 1.3% |
| Jun | W | 7.4 kt | 3% | 5.8 kt | 10% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 19.9% | 11.7% | 12.2% | 0% | 1.3% |
| Jul | W | 8.3 kt | 5.9% | 6.7 kt | 18.6% | 4.7% | 0.9% | 14.6% | 18.8% | 8.3% | 0.02% | 2.8% |
| Aug | E | 8.5 kt | 8% | 6.8 kt | 20.8% | 6.6% | 1.5% | 16.8% | 18.2% | 6.9% | 0.01% | 2.9% |
| Sep | E | 8.8 kt | 10.3% | 7.2 kt | 25% | 8.7% | 1.8% | 16.6% | 14.2% | 3.8% | 0% | 1.2% |
| Oct | E | 10.2 kt | 15.2% | 9 kt | 38% | 17% | 6% | 12.1% | 13.8% | 3.5% | 0% | 1.9% |
| Nov | E | 11.8 kt | 17.9% | 10.8 kt | 45.8% | 28.1% | 13.9% | 10.5% | 14.3% | 7.1% | 0% | 3.7% |
| Dec | E | 13.6 kt | 21.7% | 12.6 kt | 54.7% | 36.9% | 20.8% | 9.6% | 17.4% | 8.3% | 0% | 4.8% |
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 15/33 closure history
Kept per source with its provenance: D-ATIS-observed, NOTAM-observed and the FAA published baseline are never merged.
PAUN has no D-ATIS, so there is no broadcast-observed closure record.
No closure NOTAM naming runway 15/33 has been received since the stream went live.
Runway 15/33: 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 15/33
Official PIREPs that name this runway explicitly, past 6 hours.
No pilot report in the last 6 hours names runway 15/33 at PAUN explicitly. Reports near the airport that do not name a runway are on the airport page.
Instrument approaches to runway 15/33
From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.
Runway 15
- LOCLOC RWY 15 ↗
Runway 33
- RNAV (GPS)RNAV (GPS) RWY 33 ↗
Circling / other approaches at PAUN
- RNAV (GPS)RNAV (GPS)-A ↗
2 departure procedures · FAA d-TPP cycle 2611. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.
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 PAUN 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 0 min ago; usage rollups every 3 h; climatology through 2025-12-31.
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