KTRI Tri-Cities

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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building. Weather observation is 1403 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now Class D

Wind 280° true at 8 kt · MVFR · 1403 min old

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23 32% 8000 ft · 4 kt head, 7 kt x-right

5 32% 8000 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-left

27 18% 4443 ft · 8 kt head, 2 kt x-right

9 18% 4443 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 23 until 04-22 20:21Z

IAP TRI-CITIES, BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN. ILS RWY 23 (CAT II), AMDT 24H ... S-ILS 23 CAT II NA EXCEPT FOR AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH RADIO ALTIMETER. I-TRI INNER MARKER OUT OF SERVICE.

LIGHTING RWY 27 until 10-20 23:59Z

RWY 27 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 23

IMC_APCH MVFR conditions and 23 has an instrument approach +0.50
PRIOR runway length 8000 ft +0.06
WIND 4 kt headwind, 7 kt right crosswind 1403 min ago +0.00

Runway 5

IMC_APCH MVFR conditions and 5 has an instrument approach +0.50
PRIOR runway length 8000 ft +0.06
WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt left crosswind 1403 min ago -0.00

Runway 27

PRIOR runway length 4443 ft -0.06
WIND 8 kt headwind, 2 kt right crosswind 1403 min ago +0.00

Runway 9

PRIOR runway length 4443 ft -0.06
WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt left crosswind 1403 min ago -0.00

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	1403 min
ADSB	WARMING_UP	3904 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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KTRI field & runways

Tri-Cities, Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport, Tennessee. Field elevation 1519 ft. Class D airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-TRACON). Magnetic variation 7.0°W on record, 7.2°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 0.036°/year west — about 1° every 28 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
23	222.4°	229.6°	matches	8,000 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
27	269.0°	276.2°	runway 28 by the rule today · 6.2° past	4,443 ft	ASPH	left
5	42.5°	49.6°	matches	8,000 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
9	89.0°	96.2°	runway 10 by the rule today · 6.2° past	4,443 ft	ASPH	left

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