KMKT Mankato Rgnl

WIND_INFERRED 70%

Runway 15 — favored by the wind (11 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 70% evidence: WEAK no tower now Class E

Wind 190° true at 11 kt G22 · VFR · 31 min old · from KMKT (0.3 nm away)

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15 73% 6600 ft · 9 kt head, 6 kt x-right

22 27% 4000 ft · 9 kt head, 7 kt x-left

4 <1% 4000 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-right

33 <1% 6600 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-left · calm-wind rwy

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 15

WIND 9 kt headwind, 6 kt right crosswind 31 min ago +2.37
PRIOR 15 used 81% of the time in this wind bin (n=37) +0.74
PRIOR runway length 6600 ft +0.05

Runway 22

WIND 9 kt headwind, 7 kt left crosswind 31 min ago +2.29
PRIOR 22 used 5% of the time in this wind bin (n=37) -0.06
PRIOR runway length 4000 ft -0.05

Runway 4

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt right crosswind 31 min ago -25.55
PRIOR runway length 4000 ft -0.05

Runway 33

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt left crosswind 31 min ago -26.71
PRIOR 33 used 14% of the time in this wind bin (n=37) -0.15
PRIOR runway length 6600 ft +0.05

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	31 min	Nearest station KMKT (0.3 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	474 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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KMKT field & runways

Mankato Rgnl, Mankato, Minnesota. Field elevation 1021 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 0.0°W on record, 0.4°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 0.047°/year west — about 1° every 21 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
15	154.6°	154.2°	matches rule gives runway 16 in ~16 yr	6,600 ft	CONC	left
22	227.2°	226.8°	runway 23 by the rule today · 6.8° past	4,000 ft	ASPH	left
33	334.6°	334.2°	matches rule gives runway 34 in ~16 yr	6,600 ft	CONC	left	ILS calm-wind CALM WIND RWY.
4	47.2°	46.8°	runway 5 by the rule today · 6.8° past	4,000 ft	ASPH	left

What KMKT usually does

Of 930 operations this service has observed at KMKT since 2026-08-24:

15 62% 579 ops
33 35% 324 ops
22 2% 21 ops
4 1% 6 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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KMKT ☆ Mankato Rgnl