4G8 Columbia

PROBABLE 68%

Runway 18 — wind slightly favors it, low confidence

Based mostly on wind; no traffic or ATIS to confirm. 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.

certainty: 68% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 200° true at 3 kt · VFR · 24 min old · from KCLE (7.2 nm away)

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18 61% 3152 ft · 3 kt head, 1 kt x-right

36 39% 3152 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 18

WIND 3 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 24 min ago +0.11

Runway 36

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 24 min ago -0.33

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	24 min	Nearest station KCLE (7.2 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	4306 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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4G8 field & runways

Columbia, Columbia Station, Ohio. Field elevation 811 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 6.0°W on record, 8.1°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 0.003°/year west — about 1° every 333 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
18	181.2°	189.3°	runway 19 by the rule today · 9.3° past	3,152 ft	ASPH	left
36	1.2°	9.3°	runway 1 by the rule today · 9.3° past	3,152 ft	ASPH	left

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4G8 ☆ Columbia