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US-2883 Weather Salamatof Beach Airport

Nikiski, AlaskaSmall airport
OFF-FIELD REFERENCE
Nearest report: PAEN · 4 NM SE · 29 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 40F, 5% chance of precipitation. Key risks: strong winds in the forecast.

PILOT WEATHER NOTES
Strong winds in the forecastWeather.gov
Tonight: winds up to 30 kt. Re-check crosswind components closer to departure.
DayConditionsTemp FWindGustsPrecipPilot note
Tonight Patchy Fog then Mostly Cloudy 40 S 22 kt 30 kt 5% Strong winds in the forecast
Monday Mostly Sunny 46/36 SW 26 kt – 4%
Tuesday Partly Sunny 40/33 NE 9 kt – 3%
Wednesday Partly Sunny then Light Rain Likely 44/38 NE 4 kt – 89%
Thursday Light Rain 45/40 NE 9 kt – 94%
Friday Light Rain 47/38 SE 22 kt – 83%
Saturday Chance Light Rain 44/36 E 13 kt – 50%
Sunday Slight Chance Rain And Snow 42 NE 9 kt – 25%

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

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RUNWAYS & WIND
Crosswind calculator
No runway layout is available for US-2883. 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

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

OPERATIONS & CONTACT
TypeSmall airport
CHARTS & AIRSPACE
ICAO / IATAUS-2883
RegionAlaska
CountryUnited States
Coordinates60.6191, -151.3421
SERVICES & LIGHTING
Control towerNon-towered
AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY

US-2883 traffic patterns

2026-06-13 to 2026-09-10, 2 days observed · data 2026-10-23

Insufficient confidence
TRAFFIC VOLUME (30-DAY)
AVG LANDINGS/DAY
1
AVG OPS/DAY
1
Operations trend (1 days)

Busiest day: Sat · Busiest month: Sep

FLEET MIX
Helicopter 50%Piston single 50%

Mostly rotorcraft.

TOP AIRCRAFT TYPES
›B407 (Helicopter) · ~1 landings/mo
›CH80 (Piston single) · ~1 landings/mo
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-2883 has no on-field report. Nearest reporting station: PAEN (4 NM SE, VFR).

PAEN Kenai Municipal Airport
4 NM SE
VFR
PASX Soldotna Airport
12 NM SE
VFR
PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
52 NM NE
VFR
PAMR Merrill Field
56 NM NE
VFR
PAHO Homer Airport
59 NM S
VFR
PAED Elmendorf Air Force Base
59 NM NE
VFR
OFFICIAL LINKS & SOURCES
↗Search NOTAMs (official FAA NOTAM Search)
↗US-2883 on OurAirports
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Does US-2883 have a METAR?
No on-field METAR is issued for US-2883. This page uses the nearest reporting station as a reference.
Does US-2883 have a TAF?
No TAF is issued directly for US-2883. Use the nearest TAF-issuing field as a planning reference.
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