2VA3 Merlin Aerodrome

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 · 40 min old · from KFVX (27.4 nm away)

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14 50% 3200 ft

32 50% 3200 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	40 min	Nearest station KFVX (27.4 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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2VA3 field & runways

Merlin Aerodrome, Amelia Court House, Virginia. Field elevation 270 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Private use. Magnetic variation 9.0°W on record, 10.0°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 0.008°/year west — about 1° every 125 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
14	137.0°	147.0°	runway 15 by the rule today · 7.0° past	3,200 ft	TURF
32	317.0°	327.0°	runway 33 by the rule today · 7.0° past	3,200 ft	TURF

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