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WIND_INFERRED 90%

Runway 2 — favored by the wind (8 kt at 360° true)

Based on wind only — no traffic or ATIS to confirm. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: 90% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 360° true at 8 kt · VFR · 29 min old · from KADW (16.6 nm away)

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2 99% 3740 ft · 8 kt head, 1 kt x-left

20 <1% 3740 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING until 03-02 23:59Z

AD AP WINDCONE LGT U/S

LIGHTING RWY 2 until 03-02 23:59Z

RWY 02 PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 2 until 03-17 21:11Z

RWY 02 RWY END ID LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 2

WIND 8 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 29 min ago +1.57

Runway 20

WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 29 min ago -9.22

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	29 min	Nearest station KADW (16.6 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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2W5 field & runways

Maryland, Indian Head, Maryland. Field elevation 175 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 9.0°W on record, 10.6°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.005°/year east — about 1° every 200 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
2	4.6°	15.3°	matches rule gives runway 1 in ~51 yr	3,740 ft	ASPH	left
20	184.6°	195.3°	matches rule gives runway 19 in ~51 yr	3,740 ft	ASPH	left

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