KXWA Williston Basin Intl

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 32 — weak lean on available evidence

The answer is 32 with a 6 kt tailwind from the reported wind — the observation is 5767 min old, so the wind may have shifted or the flow has not been changed yet. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Weather observation is 5767 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: 60% evidence: NONE no tower now Class E

Wind 190° true at 8 kt · LIFR · 5767 min old

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32 57% 7503 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-left

14 15% 7503 ft · 6 kt head, 5 kt x-right

22 14% 4502 ft · 6 kt head, 5 kt x-left

4 14% 4502 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 32

IMC_APCH LIFR conditions and 32 has an instrument approach +1.30
PRIOR runway length 7503 ft +0.05
WIND 6 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt left crosswind 5767 min ago -0.00

Runway 14

PRIOR runway length 7503 ft +0.05
WIND 6 kt headwind, 5 kt right crosswind 5767 min ago +0.00

Runway 22

PRIOR runway length 4502 ft -0.05
WIND 6 kt headwind, 5 kt left crosswind 5767 min ago +0.00

Runway 4

PRIOR runway length 4502 ft -0.05
WIND 6 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt right crosswind 5767 min ago -0.00

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	5767 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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KXWA field & runways

Williston Basin Intl, Williston, North Dakota. Field elevation 2356 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 8.0°E on record, 7.5°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 0.077°/year west — about 1° every 13 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	Notes
14	147.8°	140.3°	matches	7,503 ft	CONC
22	232.2°	224.8°	matches rule gives runway 23 in ~3 yr	4,502 ft	CONC
32	327.8°	320.3°	matches	7,503 ft	CONC	ILS
4	52.2°	44.8°	matches rule gives runway 5 in ~3 yr	4,502 ft	CONC

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KXWA ☆ Williston Basin Intl