54J Defuniak Springs

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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind calm · VFR · 25 min old · from KCEW (19.1 nm away)

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18 50% 2700 ft

36 50% 2700 ft

27 CLOSED 4146 ft

9 CLOSED 4146 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 9/27 until 12-12 23:00Z

RWY 09/27 CLSD

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 27

NOTAM 27 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2300Z 12 Dec

Runway 9

NOTAM 9 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2300Z 12 Dec

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	25 min	Nearest station KCEW (19.1 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	3758 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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54J field & runways

Defuniak Springs, Defuniak Springs, Florida. Field elevation 289 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 4.0°W on record, 4.2°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 0.074°/year west — about 1° every 14 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
18	180.5°	184.7°	matches rule gives runway 19 in ~4 yr	2,700 ft	DIRT
27	270.4°	274.6°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~6 yr	4,146 ft	ASPH	left	CLOSED
36	0.5°	4.7°	matches rule gives runway 1 in ~4 yr	2,700 ft	DIRT
9	90.4°	94.6°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~6 yr	4,146 ft	ASPH	left	CLOSED

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54J ☆ Defuniak Springs