KORS Orcas Island

PROBABLE 67%

Runway 34 — local convention slightly favors it

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. Weather observation is 3567 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: 67% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 350° true at 5 kt · VFR · 3567 min old

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34 62% 2901 ft · 5 kt head, 1 kt x-left · right traffic · calm-wind rwy

16 38% 2901 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 34

PRIOR 34 is the designated calm-wind runway +0.50
WIND 5 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 3567 min ago +0.00

Runway 16

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 3567 min ago -0.00

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	3567 min
ADSB	WARMING_UP	4884 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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KORS field & runways

Orcas Island, Eastsound, Washington. Field elevation 35 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 17.0°E on record, 15.2°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 0.129°/year west — about 1° every 8 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	180.2°	164.9°	matches rule gives runway 17 within a year	2,901 ft	ASPH	left
34	0.2°	344.9°	matches rule gives runway 35 within a year	2,901 ft	ASPH	right	calm-wind RWY 34 CALM WIND RWY.

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KORS ☆ Orcas Island