F72 Franklin Fld

PROBABLE 67%

Runway 9 — 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: 67% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 130° true at 7 kt · VFR · 22 min old · from KMHR (16.8 nm away)

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9 67% 3031 ft · 6 kt head, 3 kt x-right · right traffic

18 30% 3123 ft · 3 kt head, 6 kt x-left · calm-wind rwy

36 3% 3123 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-right · right traffic

27 <1% 3031 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 9

WIND 6 kt headwind, 3 kt right crosswind 22 min ago +1.23

Runway 18

WIND 3 kt headwind, 6 kt left crosswind 22 min ago +0.45

Runway 36

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt right crosswind 22 min ago -2.02

Runway 27

WIND 6 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt left crosswind 22 min ago -6.45

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	22 min	Nearest station KMHR (16.8 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	ERROR		NOTAM source unreachable
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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F72 field & runways

Franklin Fld, Franklin, California. Field elevation 23 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 16.0°E on record, 12.8°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 0.091°/year west — about 1° every 11 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	194.1°	181.3°	matches rule gives runway 19 in ~41 yr	3,123 ft	ASPH		calm-wind CALM WIND RY 18.
27	284.3°	271.5°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~38 yr	3,031 ft	ASPH
36	14.1°	1.3°	matches rule gives runway 1 in ~41 yr	3,123 ft	ASPH	right
9	104.3°	91.5°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~38 yr	3,031 ft	ASPH	right

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F72 ☆ Franklin Fld