3B3 Sterling

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind calm · VFR · 22 min old · from KASH (24.6 nm away)

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16 50% 3086 ft

34 50% 3086 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	22 min	Nearest station KASH (24.6 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	ERROR		NOTAM source unreachable
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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3B3 field & runways

Sterling, Sterling, Massachusetts. Field elevation 459 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 15.0°W on record, 13.7°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 0.067°/year east — about 1° every 15 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
16	139.7°	153.4°	runway 15 by the rule today · 6.6° past	3,086 ft	ASPH
34	319.7°	333.4°	runway 33 by the rule today · 6.6° past	3,086 ft	ASPH	left

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