KTUS Tucson Intl

WIND_INFERRED 70%

Runway 12 — favored by the wind (11 kt at 110° 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 Class C

Wind 110° true at 11 kt · VFR · 20 min old

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12 80% 10996 ft · 10 kt head, 5 kt x-left

4 20% 7000 ft · 5 kt head, 10 kt x-right

22 <1% 7000 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 10 kt x-left · right traffic

30 <1% 10996 ft · 10 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-right · right traffic

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 12 until 10-28 23:00Z

RWY 12 ALS U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 12

WIND 10 kt headwind, 5 kt left crosswind 20 min ago +1.98
PRIOR runway length 10996 ft +0.04

Runway 4

WIND 5 kt headwind, 10 kt right crosswind 20 min ago +0.67
PRIOR runway length 7000 ft -0.04

Runway 22

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 10 kt left crosswind 20 min ago -4.07
PRIOR runway length 7000 ft -0.04

Runway 30

WIND 10 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt right crosswind 20 min ago -15.00
PRIOR runway length 10996 ft +0.04

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	20 min
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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KTUS field & runways

Tucson Intl, Tucson, Arizona. Field elevation 2643 ft. Class C airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 9.0°E on record, 9.1°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 0.074°/year west — 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
12	135.2°	126.1°	runway 13 by the rule today · 6.1° past	10,996 ft	ASPH		ILS
22	224.9°	215.8°	matches	7,000 ft	ASPH	right
30	315.2°	306.1°	runway 31 by the rule today · 6.1° past	10,996 ft	ASPH	right
4	44.9°	35.8°	matches	7,000 ft	ASPH	left

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KTUS ☆ Tucson Intl