KFCM Flying Cloud

PROBABLE 67%

Runway 18 — 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.

certainty: 67% evidence: WEAK Class D

Wind 190° true at 9 kt · VFR · 25 min old · from KMSP (10.3 nm away)

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18 65% 2690 ft · 9 kt head, 1 kt x-right

10R 9% 5001 ft · 0 kt head, 9 kt x-right · right traffic · calm-wind rwy

10L 9% 3901 ft · 0 kt head, 9 kt x-right

28L 9% 5001 ft · 0 kt TAIL, 9 kt x-left

28R 8% 3901 ft · 0 kt TAIL, 9 kt x-left · right traffic

36 <1% 2690 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 10R/28L until 12-04 23:59Z

TWY E HLDG PSN SIGN SOUTH SIDE FOR RWY 10R/28L LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 18

WIND 9 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 25 min ago +1.83
PRIOR runway length 2690 ft -0.07

Runway 10R

WIND 0 kt headwind, 9 kt right crosswind 25 min ago -0.24
PRIOR runway length 5001 ft +0.06

Runway 10L

WIND 0 kt headwind, 9 kt right crosswind 25 min ago -0.24

Runway 28L

WIND 0 kt headwind, 9 kt left crosswind 25 min ago -0.32
PRIOR runway length 5001 ft +0.06

Runway 28R

WIND 0 kt headwind, 9 kt left crosswind 25 min ago -0.32

Runway 36

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 25 min ago -11.84
PRIOR runway length 2690 ft -0.07

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	25 min	Nearest station KMSP (10.3 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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KFCM field & runways

Flying Cloud, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Field elevation 906 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 3.0°E on record, 0.0°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 0.042°/year west — about 1° every 24 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
10L	101.0°	101.0°	matches	3,901 ft	ASPH	left
10R	101.0°	101.0°	matches	5,001 ft	ASPH	right	ILS calm-wind RWY 10R IS CALM WIND RWY WHEN ATCT CLSD.
18	186.0°	186.0°	runway 19 by the rule today · 6.0° past	2,690 ft	ASPH	left
28L	281.1°	281.0°	matches	5,001 ft	ASPH	left
28R	281.1°	281.0°	matches	3,901 ft	ASPH	right
36	6.0°	6.0°	runway 1 by the rule today · 6.0° past	2,690 ft	ASPH	left

What KFCM usually does

Of 5,607 operations this service has observed at KFCM since 2026-08-24:

10R 25% 1378 ops
10L 24% 1344 ops
28R 24% 1329 ops
28L 22% 1259 ops
18 4% 210 ops
36 2% 87 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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