18V Platte Valley Airpark

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.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 210° true at 6 kt · VFR · 48 min old · from KAPA (33.3 nm away)

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15 42% 4100 ft · 4 kt head, 4 kt x-right

27 30% 2500 ft · 2 kt head, 6 kt x-left

9 20% 2500 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-right

33 8% 4100 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 15

WIND 4 kt headwind, 4 kt right crosswind 48 min ago +0.32
PRIOR runway length 4100 ft +0.05

Runway 27

WIND 2 kt headwind, 6 kt left crosswind 48 min ago +0.06
PRIOR runway length 2500 ft -0.05

Runway 9

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt right crosswind 48 min ago -0.34
PRIOR runway length 2500 ft -0.05

Runway 33

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt left crosswind 48 min ago -1.37
PRIOR runway length 4100 ft +0.05

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	48 min	Nearest station KAPA (33.3 nm away)
ADSB	OK	8 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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18V field & runways

Platte Valley Airpark, Hudson, Colorado. Field elevation 4965 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 11.0°E on record, 7.4°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 0.08°/year west — about 1° every 12 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
15	165.5°	158.1°	runway 16 by the rule today · 8.1° past	4,100 ft	ASPH	left
27	284.7°	277.3°	runway 28 by the rule today · 7.3° past	2,500 ft	TURF-GRVL
33	345.5°	338.1°	runway 34 by the rule today · 8.1° past	4,100 ft	ASPH	left
9	104.7°	97.3°	runway 10 by the rule today · 7.3° past	2,500 ft	TURF-GRVL

What 18V usually does

Of 203 operations this service has observed at 18V since 2026-08-25:

33 54% 110 ops
15 38% 77 ops
27 5% 10 ops
9 3% 6 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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18V ☆ Platte Valley Airpark