KVKX Potomac Airfield

WIND_INFERRED 80%

Runway 6 — favored by the wind (6 kt at 360° 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: 80% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 360° true at 6 kt · VFR · 17 min old · from KADW (6.1 nm away)

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6 87% 2665 ft · 4 kt head, 4 kt x-left

24 13% 2665 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

DISPLACED RWY 24 until 12-31 14:00Z

RWY 24 THR DISPLACED 210FT NONPRECISION MARKING. DECLARED DIST: TORA 2664FT TODA 2664FT ASDA 2664FT LDA 2450FT.

LIGHTING RWY 6 until 03-17 21:11Z

RWY 06 RWY END ID LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 6

WIND 4 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 17 min ago +0.36

Runway 24

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt right crosswind 17 min ago -1.55

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	17 min	Nearest station KADW (6.1 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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KVKX field & runways

Potomac Airfield, Friendly, Maryland. Field elevation 118 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 11.0°W on record, 10.7°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 0.007°/year east — about 1° every 143 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
24	228.4°	239.1°	matches	2,665 ft	ASPH	left
6	48.4°	59.1°	matches	2,665 ft	ASPH	left

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KVKX ☆ Potomac Airfield