AL47 Belforest Field

WIND_INFERRED 90%

Runway 9 — favored by the wind (13 kt at 40° 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 90% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 040° true at 13 kt · VFR · 56 min old · from KBFM (12.6 nm away)

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9 99% 1800 ft · 8 kt head, 10 kt x-left

27 <1% 1800 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 10 kt x-right · right traffic

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 9

WIND 8 kt headwind, 10 kt left crosswind 56 min ago +1.09

Runway 27

WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 10 kt right crosswind 56 min ago -8.17

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	56 min	Nearest station KBFM (12.6 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	3956 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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AL47 field & runways

Belforest Field, Daphne, Alabama. Field elevation 150 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Private use.

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 0.077°/year west — about 1° every 13 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
27	270.8°	273.9°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~15 yr	1,800 ft	TURF	right
9	90.8°	93.9°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~15 yr	1,800 ft	TURF

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AL47 ☆ Belforest Field