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Valdez Pioneer Field airport (United State)
Valdez Pioneer Field airport is located near Valdez, with Old Valdez at 1mi↑, Valdez at 3mi↑, Tiekel at 34mi↑, Cordova at 44mi↑, Eyak at 47mi↑, Valdez-Cordova Census Area at 63mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of Valdez Pioneer Field airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : PAVD
- IATA code : VDZ
- Local code : -
Elevation : 37 m = 121ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 06/24 : 1984m = 6509ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
Coming to Valdez Pioneer Field airport
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weather : light snow at Old Valdez
36 ↗ 41°F
wind ↑ 4mph
snow alert with 2in at Old Valdez
Wednesday : snow alert with 2in at Old Valdez
Aviation weather for Valdez Pioneer Field airport PAVD VDZ
METAR for Valdez Pioneer Field airport PAVD VDZ
PAVD 272156Z 00000KT 4SM -SN BR FEW022 BKN036 OVC043 M02/M02 A2929 RMK AO2 SLP916 P0000 T10171017 $
Decoded METAR for Valdez Pioneer Field airport PAVD VDZ
METAR issued by PAVD on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 21:56 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 7 hours and 0 minutes ago.
visibility is 6km = 4sm.
The temperature is -2°C = 28°F, dew point is -2°C = 28°F. The air is saturated with water : relative air humidity is 100 %.
QNH is 992hPa = 29.29inHg
Clouds : few clouds at 2200ft = 670m. broken at 3600ft = 1100m. overcast at 4300ft = 1310m.
light snow
mist
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=916 P0000 T10171017 $
TAF for Valdez Pioneer Field airport PAVD VDZ
PAVD 271733Z 2718/2818 VRB02KT 2SM -SN BR SCT003 OVC015 FM272000 00000KT 3/4SM -SN BR OVC009 FM280200 00000KT 2SM -SN BR FEW003 OVC015 FM280400 VRB02KT 4SM -SN BR OVC015 FM280800 06004KT 2SM BR VCFG SCT002 SCT040 BKN100
Decoded TAF for Valdez Pioneer Field airport PAVD VDZ
TAF issued by PAVD on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 17:33 UTC, issued 11 hours and 23 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, January 27, 2026 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday, January 27, 2026 à 20:00 heure UTC
2718/2818 VRB02KT 2SM -SN BR SCT003 OVC015
wind 2kt = 4km/h, direction is °
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light snow
mist
scattered clouds at 300ft = 90m overcast at 1500ft = 460m
from Tuesday, January 27, 2026 à 20:00 heure TU to Tuesday, January 27, 2026 à 02:00 heure UTC
FM272000 00000KT 3/4SM -SN BR OVC009
Visibility is 1km = 1sm.
light snow
mist
overcast at 900ft = 270m
from Tuesday, January 27, 2026 à 02:00 heure TU to Tuesday, January 27, 2026 à 04:00 heure UTC
FM280200 00000KT 2SM -SN BR FEW003 OVC015
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light snow
mist
few clouds at 300ft = 90m overcast at 1500ft = 460m
from Tuesday, January 27, 2026 à 04:00 heure TU to Wednesday, January 28, 2026 à 08:00 heure UTC
FM280400 VRB02KT 4SM -SN BR OVC015
wind 2kt = 4km/h, direction is °
Visibility is 6km = 4sm.
light snow
mist
overcast at 1500ft = 460m
from Wednesday, January 28, 2026 à 08:00 heure TU to Wednesday, January 28, 2026 à 18:00 heure UTC
FM280800 06004KT 2SM BR VCFG SCT002 SCT040 BKN100
wind 4kt = 7km/h, direction is 60°
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
mist
in vicinity fog
scattered clouds at 200ft = 60m scattered clouds at 4000ft = 1220m broken at 10000ft = 3050m
NOTAM for Valdez Pioneer Field airport
Around Valdez Pioneer Field airport (United State)
near
- Hotels in Old Valdez
- MoMA (New York) at 3241mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 3246mi↑
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 4079mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4638mi↑
- Paris at 4640mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4640mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4719mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 4720mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4726mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 4742mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 4744mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 4746mi↑
- for Valdez Pioneer Field airport at 0mi↑
- for Valdez Hospital airport at 3mi↑
- for CVTC Field airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to Valdez Pioneer Field airport (United State)
- Valdez Hospital heliport ( 1AK7) at 3mi↑
- CVTC Field heliport ( 3AA3) at 4mi↑
- Robe Lake seaplane base ( L93) at 5mi↑
- Potato Point heliport ( US-2851) at 16mi↑
- Thompson Pass airport ( K55) at 19mi↑
- Ellamar seaplane base ( ELW 1Z9) at 23mi↑
- Tatitlek airport (PAKA TEK 7KA) at 23mi↑NOTAM
- Fairmount Point seaplane base ( US-2852) at 43mi↑defunct airport
- Cordova Municipal airport ( CKU ) at 44mi↑
- Johnstone Point airport ( 2AK5) at 46mi↑
- Boswell Bay airport ( BSW AK97) at 49mi↑
- Tonsina-Upper airport (PACO ) at 51mi↑defunct airport
- Merle K (Mudhole) Smith airport (PACV CDV ) at 51mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Strawberry Point airport ( AK30) at 52mi↑
- Sheep Mountain airport (PASP SMU ) at 63mi↑NOTAM
- Skelton airport ( 3AK1) at 63mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap