KCRQ Mc Clellan-Palomar

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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind 060° true at 3 kt · VFR · 23 min old · from KCRQ (0.2 nm away)

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24 54% 4897 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right · right traffic · calm-wind rwy

6 46% 4897 ft · 3 kt head, 1 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 24

PRIOR 24 is the designated calm-wind runway +0.50
WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 23 min ago -0.33
PRIOR 24 used 71% of the time in this wind bin (n=7) +0.07

Runway 6

WIND 3 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 23 min ago +0.11
PRIOR 6 used 29% of the time in this wind bin (n=7) -0.03

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	23 min	Nearest station KCRQ (0.2 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	267 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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KCRQ field & runways

Mc Clellan-Palomar, Carlsbad, California. Field elevation 330 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 14.0°E on record, 11.0°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 0.076°/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
24	259.1°	248.1°	runway 25 by the rule today · 8.1° past	4,897 ft	ASPH	right	ILS calm-wind RWY 24 IS CALM WIND RWY.
6	79.1°	68.1°	runway 7 by the rule today · 8.1° past	4,897 ft	ASPH	left

What KCRQ usually does

Of 7,691 operations this service has observed at KCRQ since 2026-08-24:

24 90% 6911 ops
6 10% 780 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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KCRQ ☆ Mc Clellan-Palomar