KOWD Norwood Meml

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 Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 59 min old · from KBED (17.5 nm away)

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10 25% 3995 ft

17 25% 4007 ft

28 25% 3995 ft

35 25% 4007 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 35 until 04-30 23:59Z

NAV ILS RWY 35 DME U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	59 min	Nearest station KBED (17.5 nm away)
ADSB	OK	2 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KOWD field & runways

Norwood Meml, Norwood, Massachusetts. Field elevation 49 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 15.0°W on record, 13.9°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 0.069°/year east — about 1° every 14 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
10	88.8°	102.6°	matches	3,995 ft	ASPH	left
17	154.8°	168.7°	matches rule gives runway 16 in ~54 yr	4,007 ft	ASPH	left
28	268.8°	282.6°	matches	3,995 ft	ASPH	left
35	334.9°	348.7°	matches rule gives runway 34 in ~54 yr	4,007 ft	ASPH	left	ILS

What KOWD usually does

Of 298 operations this service has observed at KOWD since 2026-08-25:

35 42% 125 ops
28 31% 92 ops
17 21% 63 ops
10 6% 18 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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KOWD ☆ Norwood Meml