KLOU Bowman Fld

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. No ADS-B traffic data available. Weather observation is 3262 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind 200° true at 6 kt · VFR · 3262 min old

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24 25% 4358 ft · 5 kt head, 4 kt x-left

15 25% 3580 ft · 3 kt head, 5 kt x-right

33 25% 3580 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-left

6 25% 4358 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 24

WIND 5 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 3262 min ago +0.00

Runway 15

WIND 3 kt headwind, 5 kt right crosswind 3262 min ago +0.00

Runway 33

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt left crosswind 3262 min ago -0.00

Runway 6

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt right crosswind 3262 min ago -0.00

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	3262 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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KLOU field & runways

Bowman Fld, Louisville, Kentucky. Field elevation 546 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 4.0°W on record, 5.2°W 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 0.04°/year west — about 1° every 25 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
15	143.7°	148.9°	matches	3,580 ft	ASPH	left
24	239.5°	244.7°	matches rule gives runway 25 in ~8 yr	4,358 ft	ASPH	left
33	323.7°	328.9°	matches	3,580 ft	ASPH	left
6	59.5°	64.7°	matches rule gives runway 7 in ~8 yr	4,358 ft	ASPH	left

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KLOU ☆ Bowman Fld