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Fairbanks International Airport (FAI/PAFA)

Fairbanks130 m

18.3°CTemperature60° · 4 ktWind10+ miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
18.3°C
Dew point
8.9°C
Wind
60° · 4 kt
Visibility
10+ mi
Altimeter
29.71 inHg
Current conditions
VFR

Wind on the runway

Runway heading
38°
Headwind
4 kt
Headwind
Crosswind
1 kt
From the right

Cloud ceiling profile

Ceiling
20,000 ftBKN
FEW7,500 ft AGL
SCT14,000 ft AGL
BKN20,000 ft AGL

METAR

Sep 7, 2026, 11:53 PM (UTC)

Decoded observation

Report type
METAR
issued
Sep 7, 2026, 11:53 PM (UTC)
wind
60° · 4 kt
visibility
10 SM
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 7,500 ft AGL SCT · scattered clouds · 14,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 20,000 ft AGL
temperature
18 °C
dew point
9 °C
altimeter setting
29.71 inHg
Sea-level pressure
1,006.4 hPa
flight category
VFR

Remarks and supplementary codes

Supplementary code
AO2
Supplementary code
SLP064
Supplementary code
T01830089
Supplementary code
10189
Supplementary code
20122
Supplementary code
56009
Supplementary code
$

TAF

Sep 7, 2026, 11:38 PM (UTC)

Forecast period 1 · base period

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM (UTC) – Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
wind
60° · 3 kt
visibility
>6 SM
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 5,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 12,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 2 · from this time

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 8, 2026, 7:00 PM (UTC)
wind
50° · 5 kt
visibility
>6 SM
weather
light · showers · rain
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 2,000 ft AGL OVC · overcast · 5,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 3 · from this time

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 7:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 9, 2026, 6:00 AM (UTC)
wind
240° · 7 kt
visibility
4 SM
weather
light · rain · mist
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 700 ft AGL OVC · overcast · 2,000 ft AGL

Terminal forecast

BASE
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM (UTC)
60° · 3 kt
6+ mi · SCT 5000 · BKN 12000
FM
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
50° · 5 kt
6+ mi · -SHRA
FM
Sep 8, 2026, 7:00 PM (UTC)
240° · 7 kt
4 mi · -RA BR

Observation history

UTCCurrent conditionsTemperatureWindVisibility
Sep 7, 2026, 11:53 PM (UTC)VFR18.3°C4 kt10+ mi

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