PHTO Hilo Intl

WIND_INFERRED 70%

Runway 26 — favored by the wind (7 kt at 260° 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 Class D

Wind 260° true at 7 kt · MVFR · 20 min old

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26 74% 9803 ft · 7 kt head, 1 kt x-left

21 26% 5601 ft · 5 kt head, 4 kt x-right

3 <1% 5601 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-left

8 <1% 9803 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS until 03-31 20:00Z

NAV VOR U/S

APCH OTS until 03-31 20:00Z

HTO NAV VOR U/S

LIGHTING RWY 26 until 10-23 23:59Z

RWY 26 PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 8 until 10-23 23:59Z

RWY 08 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 26

WIND 7 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 20 min ago +1.44
IMC_APCH MVFR conditions and 26 has an instrument approach +0.50
PRIOR runway length 9803 ft +0.06

Runway 21

WIND 5 kt headwind, 4 kt right crosswind 20 min ago +1.02
PRIOR runway length 5601 ft -0.06

Runway 3

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt left crosswind 20 min ago -5.07
PRIOR runway length 5601 ft -0.06

Runway 8

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 20 min ago -7.64
PRIOR runway length 9803 ft +0.06

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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PHTO field & runways

Hilo Intl, Hilo, Hawaii. Field elevation 38 ft. Class D airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-TRACON). Magnetic variation 11.0°E on record, 9.3°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 0.04°/year west — about 1° every 25 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
21	220.6°	211.3°	matches	5,601 ft	ASPH	left
26	270.0°	260.7°	matches	9,803 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
3	40.6°	31.3°	matches	5,601 ft	ASPH	left
8	90.0°	80.7°	matches	9,803 ft	ASPH	left

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PHTO ☆ Hilo Intl