US-2876 Weather Alaska West Airport

Nikiski, AlaskaSmall airport
OFF-FIELD REFERENCE
Nearest report: PAEN · 4 NM SE · 30 min old
No ceiling, visibility 10 SM.
No on-field report, so no field flight category. Conditions at the field may differ.
OFF-FIELD REFERENCE · PAEN
WIND
170@10
steady
VISIBILITY
10 SM
16.1 km
CEILING
None
no BKN/OVC layer
FORECAST & PILOT NOTES · SUPPLEMENTAL

Extended forecast and pilot notes

No aviation METAR is published for this airport. The nearest National Weather Service station reports wind from 170° at 10 kt, visibility 10 SM, temperature 3.9C. Treat this as supplemental, not an aviation observation. Forecast suggests tonight patchy fog then mostly cloudy, low near 35F, 5% chance of precipitation. Key risks: strong winds in the forecast.

PILOT WEATHER NOTES
Strong winds in the forecastWeather.gov
Tonight: winds up to 26 kt. Re-check crosswind components closer to departure.
DayConditionsTemp FWindGustsPrecipPilot note
Tonight Patchy Fog then Mostly Cloudy 35 S 17 kt 26 kt 5% Strong winds in the forecast
Monday Mostly Sunny 47/35 SW 17 kt 30 kt 4%
Tuesday Partly Sunny 41/32 NE 9 kt – 3%
Wednesday Partly Sunny then Rain And Snow Likely 42/35 NE 4 kt – 88%
Thursday Light Rain Likely 44/37 NE 4 kt – 94%
Friday Light Rain 46/35 SE 13 kt – 83%
Saturday Chance Light Rain 43/32 E 9 kt – 50%
Sunday Chance Rain And Snow 40 NE 4 kt – 26%

Source: National Weather Service (office AER). Forecast issued 0522Z.

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RUNWAYS & WIND
Crosswind calculator
No runway layout is available for US-2876. Enter a runway number or heading to estimate wind components.
DAYLIGHT & NIGHT

Sun & logging windows

Sunset
0225Z 6:25 PM
Sunrise
1714Z 9:14 AM
Loggable night
0310Z (7:10 PM local) → 1629Z (8:29 AM local)
end of evening to start of morning civil twilight
Position lights required
0225Z (6:25 PM local) → 1714Z (9:14 AM local)
sunset to sunrise (91.209)
Night passenger currency
0325Z (7:25 PM local) → 1614Z (8:14 AM local)
1 hr after sunset to 1 hr before sunrise (61.57(b))

FAA definitions, shown in Zulu with airport-local time. Verify for your operation.

AIRPORT INFORMATION

Facility & services

Alaska West Airport is in Nikiski, Alaska. Airport facts are drawn from OurAirports and the FAA NASR dataset.

OPERATIONS & CONTACT
TypeSmall airport
CHARTS & AIRSPACE
ICAO / IATAUS-2876
RegionAlaska
CountryUnited States
Coordinates60.6358, -151.3039
SERVICES & LIGHTING
Control towerNon-towered
AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY

US-2876 traffic patterns

2026-06-12 to 2026-10-23, 68 days observed · data 2026-10-23

High confidence
TRAFFIC VOLUME (30-DAY)
AVG LANDINGS/DAY
1.9
AVG OPS/DAY
3.8
Activity trend over 16 days: falling, from 6 to 3 operations per dayOperations trend (16 days)

Busiest day: Fri · Busiest month: Jul

FLEET MIX
Unknown 97%Piston single 1%

Fleet composition unclear from available data.

TOP AIRCRAFT TYPES
›DH3T (Unknown) · ~244 landings/mo
›C207 (Unknown) · ~25 landings/mo
›DH2T (Unknown) · ~6 landings/mo
›FBA2 (Unknown) · ~5 landings/mo
›B407 (Helicopter) · ~2 landings/mo
LIKELY BASED AIRCRAFT
Low-confidence estimate

Aircraft likely based near this airport (estimate), mostly aircraft of unknown type.

›C207 (Unknown)
›DH3T (Unknown)
›FBA2 (Unknown)

This is an estimate based on repeated flight patterns, not registration data. Do not rely on it to identify specific aircraft or owners.

Data limitations (4)
›ADS-B coverage is incomplete; counts are an observed lower bound, not official totals.
›Some aircraft do not transmit usable ADS-B and are not counted.
›Aircraft types and based estimates are inferred and may be wrong.
›This is not official ATC, FAA, or airport data.
NEARBY AIRPORTS

Weather reference stations

US-2876 has no on-field report. Nearest reporting station: PAEN (4 NM SE, VFR).

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Does US-2876 have a METAR?
No on-field METAR is issued for US-2876. This page uses the nearest reporting station as a reference.
Does US-2876 have a TAF?
No TAF is issued directly for US-2876. Use the nearest TAF-issuing field as a planning reference.
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