8A1 Guntersville Muni/Joe Starnes Fld

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.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 060° true at 3 kt · VFR · 16 min old · from K8A1 (0.5 nm away)

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06W 31% 5500 ft · 3 kt head, 0 kt x-left

7 31% 5005 ft · 3 kt head, 0 kt x-left

25 19% 5005 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-right

24W 19% 5500 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 06W

WIND 3 kt headwind, 0 kt left crosswind 16 min ago +0.13

Runway 7

WIND 3 kt headwind, 0 kt left crosswind 16 min ago +0.13

Runway 25

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt right crosswind 16 min ago -0.37

Runway 24W

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt right crosswind 16 min ago -0.37

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	16 min	Nearest station K8A1 (0.5 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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8A1 field & runways

Guntersville Muni/Joe Starnes Fld, Guntersville, Alabama. Field elevation 615 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 4.0°W on record, 4.4°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 0.06°/year west — about 1° every 17 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
06W	64.9°	69.3°	—	5,500 ft	WATER
24W	244.9°	249.3°	—	5,500 ft	WATER
25	245.1°	249.6°	matches	5,005 ft	ASPH
7	65.1°	69.6°	matches	5,005 ft	ASPH

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8A1 ☆ Guntersville Muni/Joe Starnes Fld