2O6 Chowchilla

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. No ADS-B traffic data available. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind calm · VFR · 47 min old · from KMAE (10.1 nm away)

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12 50% 3253 ft

30 50% 3253 ft · right traffic

Why — evidence behind this answer

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	47 min	Nearest station KMAE (10.1 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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2O6 field & runways

Chowchilla, Chowchilla, California. Field elevation 243 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 15.0°E on record, 12.3°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 0.087°/year west — about 1° every 11 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	135.0°	122.7°	matches rule gives runway 13 in ~26 yr	3,253 ft	ASPH	left
30	315.0°	302.7°	matches rule gives runway 31 in ~26 yr	3,253 ft	ASPH	right

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