CO12 Van Aire
Runway 30 — favored by the wind (7 kt at 240° 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.
certainty: 80% evidence: WEAK no tower now
Wind 240° true at 7 kt · VFR · 15 min old · from KAPA (26.3 nm away)
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Why — evidence behind this answer
Runway 30
- WIND 3 kt headwind, 7 kt left crosswind 15 min ago +0.34
Runway 12
- WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt right crosswind 15 min ago -1.63
Sources consulted
| source | status | age | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| D_ATIS | UNAVAILABLE | No D-ATIS at this field | |
| METAR | OK | 15 min | Nearest station KAPA (26.3 nm away) |
| ADSB | OK | 3 min | MODERATE |
| NOTAM | OK | ||
| CIFP | NOT_CONFIGURED | Instrument procedures: phase 4 |
Recent operations
No operations observed in the last hour.
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CO12 field & runways
Van Aire, Brighton, Colorado. Field elevation 5061 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Private use. Magnetic variation 11.0°E on record, 7.4°E 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 0.08°/year west — about 1° every 12 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.
| Runway | True | Magnetic | Number | Length | Surface | Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 128.9° | 121.5° | matches rule gives runway 13 in ~43 yr | 3,681 ft | ASPH | left | |
| 30 | 308.9° | 301.5° | matches rule gives runway 31 in ~43 yr | 3,681 ft | ASPH | right |
What CO12 usually does
Of 42 operations this service has observed at CO12 since 2026-08-25:
Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.
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