KPQN Pipestone Muni

WIND_INFERRED 70%

Runway 18 — favored by the wind (21 kt at 220° 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. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: 70% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 220° true at 21 kt G27 · VFR · 55 min old · from KMML (34.9 nm away)

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18 78% 4306 ft · 17 kt head, 12 kt x-right

27 22% 2522 ft · 12 kt head, 18 kt x-left

9 <1% 2522 ft · 12 kt TAIL, 18 kt x-right

36 <1% 4306 ft · 17 kt TAIL, 12 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 18 until 03-17 21:11Z

RWY 18 RWY END ID LGT U/S

LIGHTING RWY 36 until 03-17 21:11Z

RWY 36 RWY END ID LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 18

WIND 17 kt headwind, 12 kt right crosswind 55 min ago +2.82
PRIOR runway length 4306 ft +0.05

Runway 27

WIND 12 kt headwind, 18 kt left crosswind 55 min ago +1.67
PRIOR runway length 2522 ft -0.05

Runway 9

WIND 12 kt TAILWIND, 18 kt right crosswind 55 min ago -20.01
PRIOR runway length 2522 ft -0.05

Runway 36

WIND 17 kt TAILWIND, 12 kt left crosswind 55 min ago -40.85
PRIOR runway length 4306 ft +0.05

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	55 min	Nearest station KMML (34.9 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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KPQN field & runways

Pipestone Muni, Pipestone, Minnesota. Field elevation 1737 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 3.0°E on record, 2.2°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 0.057°/year west — about 1° every 18 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
18	183.7°	181.5°	matches	4,306 ft	ASPH	left
27	276.7°	274.5°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~9 yr	2,522 ft	TURF	left
36	3.7°	1.5°	matches	4,306 ft	ASPH	left
9	96.7°	94.5°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~9 yr	2,522 ft	TURF	left

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KPQN ☆ Pipestone Muni