KADS Addison

PROBABLE 67%

Runway 34 — local convention favors it

No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency.

certainty: 67% evidence: NONE Class D

Wind 070° true at 4 kt · VFR · 36 min old · from KADS (0.3 nm away)

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34 67% 7203 ft · 0 head, 4 kt x-right

16 33% 7203 ft · 0 head, 4 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 16 until 02-28 23:59Z

NAV ILS RWY 16 DME U/S

APCH OTS RWY 34 until 02-28 23:59Z

NAV ILS RWY 34 DME U/S

LIGHTING RWY 34 until 10-22 23:59Z

RWY 34 RWY END ID LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 34

PRIOR 34 used 76% of the time in this wind bin (n=33) +0.53
WIND 0 kt headwind, 4 kt right crosswind 36 min ago -0.03

Runway 16

PRIOR 16 used 24% of the time in this wind bin (n=33) -0.17
WIND 0 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 36 min ago -0.03

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	36 min	Nearest station KADS (0.3 nm away)
ADSB	OK	1 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KADS field & runways

Addison, Dallas, Texas. Field elevation 644 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 3.0°E on record, 2.6°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 0.077°/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
16	159.9°	157.3°	matches	7,203 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
34	339.9°	337.3°	matches	7,203 ft	ASPH	left	ILS

What KADS usually does

Of 3,957 operations this service has observed at KADS since 2026-08-25:

16 73% 2897 ops
34 27% 1060 ops

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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KADS ☆ Addison