KEST Estherville Muni

WIND_INFERRED 80%

Runway 16 — favored by the wind (15 kt at 190° 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. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: 80% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 190° true at 15 kt · VFR · 24 min old

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16 86% 4797 ft · 14 kt head, 5 kt x-right

24 14% 2989 ft · 7 kt head, 13 kt x-left

6 <1% 2989 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 13 kt x-right

34 <1% 4797 ft · 14 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-left · calm-wind rwy

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 16

WIND 14 kt headwind, 5 kt right crosswind 24 min ago +2.77
PRIOR runway length 4797 ft +0.05

Runway 24

WIND 7 kt headwind, 13 kt left crosswind 24 min ago +1.02
PRIOR runway length 2989 ft -0.05

Runway 6

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 13 kt right crosswind 24 min ago -7.79
PRIOR runway length 2989 ft -0.05

Runway 34

WIND 14 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt left crosswind 24 min ago -27.81
PRIOR runway length 4797 ft +0.05

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	24 min
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
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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KEST field & runways

Estherville Muni, Estherville, Iowa. Field elevation 1319 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 1.0°E on record, 1.1°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 0.053°/year west — about 1° every 19 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	169.6°	168.6°	runway 17 by the rule today · 8.6° past	4,797 ft	CONC	left
24	252.7°	251.6°	runway 25 by the rule today · 11.6° past	2,989 ft	TURF	left
34	349.6°	348.6°	runway 35 by the rule today · 8.6° past	4,797 ft	CONC	left	calm-wind RY 34 IS CALM WIND RY.
6	72.7°	71.6°	runway 7 by the rule today · 11.6° past	2,989 ft	TURF	left

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