3DA Dalton

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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind calm · VFR · 47 min old · from KFNT (5.9 nm away)

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18 26% 2510 ft

36 26% 2510 ft

27 24% 1633 ft

9 24% 1633 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 18

PRIOR runway length 2510 ft +0.04

Runway 36

PRIOR runway length 2510 ft +0.04

Runway 27

PRIOR runway length 1633 ft -0.04

Runway 9

PRIOR runway length 1633 ft -0.04

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	47 min	Nearest station KFNT (5.9 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	2645 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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3DA field & runways

Dalton, Flushing, Michigan. Field elevation 733 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 5.0°W on record, 7.1°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 0.002°/year west — about 1° every 500 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
18	178.2°	185.3°	runway 19 by the rule today · 5.3° past	2,510 ft	ASPH	left
27	269.0°	276.1°	runway 28 by the rule today · 6.1° past	1,633 ft	TURF	left
36	358.2°	5.3°	runway 1 by the rule today · 5.3° past	2,510 ft	ASPH	left
9	89.0°	96.1°	runway 10 by the rule today · 6.1° past	1,633 ft	TURF	left

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3DA ☆ Dalton