KFRM Fairmont Muni

WIND_INFERRED 70%

Runway 20 — 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: 70% evidence: WEAK no tower now Class E

Wind 190° true at 15 kt · VFR · 30 min old · from KEST (20.5 nm away)

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20 78% 3301 ft · 14 kt head, 5 kt x-left

13 22% 5505 ft · 8 kt head, 12 kt x-right

31 <1% 5505 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 12 kt x-left

2 <1% 3301 ft · 14 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 31 until 09-24 20:00Z

NAV ILS RWY 31 U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 20

WIND 14 kt headwind, 5 kt left crosswind 30 min ago +2.70
PRIOR runway length 3301 ft -0.05

Runway 13

WIND 8 kt headwind, 12 kt right crosswind 30 min ago +1.31
PRIOR runway length 5505 ft +0.05

Runway 31

WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 12 kt left crosswind 30 min ago -10.53
PRIOR runway length 5505 ft +0.05

Runway 2

WIND 14 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt right crosswind 30 min ago -27.27
PRIOR runway length 3301 ft -0.05

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	30 min	Nearest station KEST (20.5 nm away)
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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KFRM field & runways

Fairmont Muni, Fairmont, Minnesota. Field elevation 1162 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 4.0°E on record, 0.8°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 0.051°/year west — about 1° every 20 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
13	134.2°	133.4°	matches rule gives runway 14 in ~31 yr	5,505 ft	ASPH	left
2	28.0°	27.2°	runway 3 by the rule today · 7.2° past	3,301 ft	ASPH	left
20	208.0°	207.2°	runway 21 by the rule today · 7.2° past	3,301 ft	ASPH	left
31	314.2°	313.4°	matches rule gives runway 32 in ~31 yr	5,505 ft	ASPH	left	ILS

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KFRM ☆ Fairmont Muni