runwayinuse

KLRJ Le Mars Muni

18
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. No ADS-B traffic data available. Weather observation is 459 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: 67% evidence: NONE no tower now

N 18 36

Wind 180° true at 12 kt · VFR · 459 min old

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18 69% 5056 ft · 12 kt head, 2 kt x-left · right traffic
36 31% 5056 ft · 12 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right · calm-wind rwy
Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 18

Runway 36

Sources consulted

sourcestatus agenote
D_ATISUNAVAILABLE No D-ATIS at this field
METAROK 459 min
ADSBUNAVAILABLE No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAMOK
CIFPNOT_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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KLRJ field & runways

Le Mars Muni, Le Mars, Iowa. Field elevation 1197 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 3.0°E on record, 2.1°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 0.06°/year west — about 1° every 17 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.
RunwayTrueMagnetic Number LengthSurfacePattern Notes
18 187.9° 185.8° runway 19 by the rule today · 5.8° past 5,056 ft CONC right
36 7.9° 5.8° runway 1 by the rule today · 5.8° past 5,056 ft CONC left calm-wind RY 36 IS CALM WIND RY.

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