KOQU Quonset State

PROBABLE 67%

Runway 5 — 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.

certainty: 67% evidence: WEAK Class D

Wind 010° true at 10 kt G17 · VFR · 20 min old · from KBID (26.9 nm away)

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5 65% 4000 ft · 9 kt head, 4 kt x-left

34 35% 7000 ft · 7 kt head, 7 kt x-right

16 <1% 7000 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-left

23 <1% 4000 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

TWR HOURS until 09-29 03:00Z

SVC TWR OPN PLUS SEE CHART SUPPLEMENT

APCH OTS RWY 16 until 04-06 19:19Z

QUONSET STATE, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI. LOC RWY 16, ORIG... PROCEDURE NA.

LIGHTING RWY 16 until 11-15 23:59Z

RWY 16 PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 34 until 11-15 23:59Z

RWY 34 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 5

WIND 9 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 20 min ago +2.46
PRIOR runway length 4000 ft -0.06

Runway 34

WIND 7 kt headwind, 7 kt right crosswind 20 min ago +1.74
PRIOR runway length 7000 ft +0.06

Runway 16

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt left crosswind 20 min ago -14.90
PRIOR runway length 7000 ft +0.06

Runway 23

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt right crosswind 20 min ago -23.55
PRIOR runway length 4000 ft -0.06

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	20 min	Nearest station KBID (26.9 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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KOQU field & runways

Quonset State, North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Field elevation 18 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 15.0°W on record, 13.7°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 0.063°/year east — about 1° every 16 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
16	145.1°	158.8°	matches	7,000 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
23	214.4°	228.0°	matches rule gives runway 22 in ~48 yr	4,000 ft	ASPH	left
34	325.1°	338.8°	matches	7,000 ft	ASPH	left
5	34.4°	48.0°	matches rule gives runway 4 in ~48 yr	4,000 ft	ASPH	left

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KOQU ☆ Quonset State