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Whittier Airport (PAWR) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds

As of 2:15 AM AKDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (PAFR), PAWR is currently LIFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 200 ft ceiling.

Aviation weather near Whittier Airport in Whittier, AK, decoded from the nearest reporting station (PAFR): conditions and runway crosswinds.

Whittier Airport (PAWR) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Whittier, AK at a field elevation of 39 ft. PAWR has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from PAFR, about 40 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (04/22), the longest 1,480 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for PAED.

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LIFR
Observed 1015Z (2:15 AM AKDT)live · refreshes every 60s

No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station PAFR, 40 nm away.

Wind
Calm
Visibility
10+ sm
Ceiling
200 ft
Altimeter
30.42"
Temp / Dew
25°F / -4°C
dew 23°F / -5°C

Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, broken clouds at 200 ft, overcast at 600 ft, temperature -4°C (25°F), altimeter 30.42 inHg. Conditions are Low IFR (LIFR), ceiling 200 ft.

Raw METAR
SPECI PAFR 281015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN002 OVC006 M04/M05 A3042 RMK AO2 CIG 002V005 SLP307 $

What changed at PAFR (nearest station)?

Since the 1259Z (4:59 AM AKDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.

  • Freezing fog ended (FZFG).
  • Mist began (BR).

The latest report is an off-schedule special (SPECI), issued because conditions changed significantly. What is a SPECI? →

Current pilot readout for PAWR

Based on the nearest station (PAFR), PAWR is currently LIFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 200 ft ceiling. Density altitude is approximately -2,850 ft (field elevation 39 ft). PAWR does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is PAED, about 43 nm away.

New to aviation weather? How to read a METAR → · What VFR/MVFR/IFR mean → · Decode any METAR/TAF → · Density altitude calculator →

Runway wind check

Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.

Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.

RunwayHead / TailCrosswind
04--
22--

Open the crosswind calculator to try your own wind and runway numbers →

PAWR 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.

  • Runway 04/22
    1,480 × 60 ft · GRAVEL-F
    Status not monitored
    Current use
    no stated-runway source at PAWR
    Wind
    04
    no steady wind
    22
    no steady wind
    no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →

“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.

Wind (kt)Gusts (kt)Bottom strip, flight category:VFRMVFRIFRLIFRNo report
0153013Z03Z13Z

Over the last 23 h: wind 0→0 kt, ceiling 11,000 ft → 100 ft.

PAWR weather radar

Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.

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Radar: NOAA/NWS via IEM · Forecast: NOAA HRRR · Lightning: NOAA · Map © Stadia Maps © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap

NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.

Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of PAWR

Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.

PIREP1226Z (4:26 AM AKDT) · 53 NM NW of PAWR · 4,000 ft MSL · C130
Show raw report
ANC UA /OV TED300010/TM 1226/FL040/TP C130/SK TOPS 006/TB NEG/IC NEG
ANC UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV TED300010Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1226Reported at 12:26 UTC.
FL040Altitude: 4,000 ft MSL.
TP C130Aircraft type reporting.
SK TOPS 006Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.
IC NEGIcing: none reported.
PIREP1125Z (3:25 AM AKDT) · 47 NM NW of PAWR · during climb · B190
Show raw report
ANC UA /OV TED360010/TM 1125/FL050/TP B190/SK TOPS 004/TB NEG/IC NEG/RM DURGC CLR ABOVE 004
ANC UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV TED360010Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1125Reported at 11:25 UTC.
FL050Altitude: 5,000 ft MSL.
TP B190Aircraft type reporting.
SK TOPS 004Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.
IC NEGIcing: none reported.
RM DURGC CLR ABOVE 004Remarks.
PIREP0727Z (11:27 PM AKDT) · 43 NM NW of PAWR · during descent · B739
light turbulence
Show raw report
ANC UA /OV TED189005/TM 0727/FL050/TP B739/SK SKC/TB LGT/IC NEG/RM DURD
ANC UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV TED189005Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 0727Reported at 07:27 UTC.
FL050Altitude: 5,000 ft MSL.
TP B739Aircraft type reporting.
SK SKCSky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
TB LGTTurbulence: light.
IC NEGIcing: none reported.
RM DURDRemarks.

⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.

Recent aviation weather trends at PAWR

From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.

Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station PAFR reported a mix of conditions, most often low IFR across 91 observations, with 19 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 26 kt, the lowest ceiling was 0 ft. Wind most often came from the S.

Last 24 hours
VFR 35%MVFR 1%IFR 9%LIFR 55%
Wind avg/max: 2/15 kt
Max gust: 26 kt
Lowest ceiling: 0 ft
Lowest vis: -
Prevailing wind: S
Category changes: 19

Most recent change: IFR → LIFR

Last 7 days
VFR 83%MVFR 10%IFR 1%LIFR 6%
Wind avg/max: 2/15 kt
Max gust: 20 kt
Lowest ceiling: 0 ft
Lowest vis: 0.25 sm
Prevailing wind: S
Category changes: 23

Most recent change: VFR → LIFR

Wind-favored runway - past 30 days

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

04
67%
22
33%

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Live crosswind meter

PAWR has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from PAFR, 40 nm away.

N0422wind calm / variable

Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.

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Gravel · 1,480 ft. Headings from FAA runway data. Not for navigation.

Field aerial

North up

Aerial photo of Whittier Airport (PAWR) with runway 04/22 marked
N ↑

Runway 04/22 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.

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Airport info

From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.

Services

Attended
Unattended
Landing fee
No
Control tower
None
Wind indicator
Unlighted

Airport

Type
General aviation airport
ICAO
PAWR
FAA LID
IEM
City
Whittier
State
Alaska
Country
United States
Elevation
39 ft
Coordinates
60.7772, -148.7196
Runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
Longest runway
1,480 ft
Weather reporting
Nearest station PAFR
TAF
Nearest PAED
Time zone
America/Anchorage
Next sunset
12h 46m

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Pilot PIREPs for Whittier Airport (PAWR)

Community-submitted

Community-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.

Read recent community-submitted pilot notes for Whittier Airport, including runway conditions, wildlife activity, FBO/fuel notes, turbulence, ramp access, and local airport tips.

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