3M8 North Pickens

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 1 — wind slightly favors it, low confidence

Based mostly on wind; 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: 60% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 340° true at 3 kt · VFR · 19 min old · from KGTR (29.7 nm away)

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1 60% 5144 ft · 3 kt head, 1 kt x-left · right traffic

19 40% 5144 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 19 until 04-02 21:11Z

RWY 19 RWY END ID LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 1

WIND 3 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 19 min ago +0.11

Runway 19

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 19 min ago -0.31

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	19 min	Nearest station KGTR (29.7 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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3M8 field & runways

North Pickens, Reform, Alabama. Field elevation 237 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 1.0°W on record, 3.2°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 0.068°/year west — 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
1	6.5°	9.7°	matches	5,144 ft	ASPH	right
19	186.5°	189.7°	matches	5,144 ft	ASPH	left

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3M8 ☆ North Pickens