KETH Wheaton Muni

WIND_INFERRED 80%

Runway 16 — favored by the wind (11 kt at 150° 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 150° true at 11 kt · VFR · 23 min old · from KBWP (27.9 nm away)

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16 87% 3298 ft · 11 kt head, 3 kt x-left

6 7% 1953 ft · 1 kt head, 11 kt x-right

24 6% 1953 ft · 1 kt TAIL, 11 kt x-left

34 <1% 3298 ft · 11 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 16

WIND 11 kt headwind, 3 kt left crosswind 23 min ago +2.15
PRIOR runway length 3298 ft +0.05

Runway 6

WIND 1 kt headwind, 11 kt right crosswind 23 min ago -0.22
PRIOR runway length 1953 ft -0.05

Runway 24

WIND 1 kt TAILWIND, 11 kt left crosswind 23 min ago -0.52
PRIOR runway length 1953 ft -0.05

Runway 34

WIND 11 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt right crosswind 23 min ago -16.62
PRIOR runway length 3298 ft +0.05

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	23 min	Nearest station KBWP (27.9 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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KETH field & runways

Wheaton Muni, Wheaton, Minnesota. Field elevation 1023 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 5.0°E on record, 2.3°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
16	164.1°	161.7°	matches	3,298 ft	ASPH	left
24	243.1°	240.8°	matches	1,953 ft	TURF	left
34	344.1°	341.7°	matches	3,298 ft	ASPH	left
6	63.1°	60.8°	matches	1,953 ft	TURF	left

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KETH ☆ Wheaton Muni