KLUF Luke AFB

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. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 21 min old · from KCHD (32.9 nm away)

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21L 25% 9912 ft · right traffic

21R 25% 10000 ft · right traffic

3L 25% 10000 ft

3R 25% 9912 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	21 min	Nearest station KCHD (32.9 nm away)
ADSB	OK	22 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KLUF field & runways

Luke AFB, Glendale, Arizona. Field elevation 1084 ft. Class D airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-RAPCON). Private use. Magnetic variation 10.0°E on record, 9.7°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 0.076°/year west — about 1° every 13 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
21L	222.4°	212.7°	matches rule gives runway 22 in ~30 yr	9,912 ft	CONC	right	ILS
21R	222.4°	212.7°	matches rule gives runway 22 in ~30 yr	10,000 ft	CONC	right
3L	42.4°	32.7°	matches rule gives runway 4 in ~30 yr	10,000 ft	CONC	left
3R	42.4°	32.7°	matches rule gives runway 4 in ~30 yr	9,912 ft	CONC	left	ILS

What KLUF usually does

Of 133 operations this service has observed at KLUF since 2026-08-26:

21L 71% 94 ops
3R 15% 20 ops
3L 8% 10 ops
21R 7% 9 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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