6KS8 Towanda Farms

WIND_INFERRED 90%

Runway 17 — favored by the wind (9 kt at 210° true)

Based on wind only — 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: 90% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 210° true at 9 kt · VFR · 28 min old · from KEWK (20.9 nm away)

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17 99% 2056 ft · 8 kt head, 5 kt x-right

35 <1% 2056 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-left · right traffic

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 17

WIND 8 kt headwind, 5 kt right crosswind 28 min ago +1.37

Runway 35

WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt left crosswind 28 min ago -8.53

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	28 min	Nearest station KEWK (20.9 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	4825 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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6KS8 field & runways

Towanda Farms, Towanda, Kansas. Field elevation 1308 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Private use.

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 0.072°/year west — about 1° every 14 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
17	177.0°	174.3°	matches rule gives runway 18 in ~10 yr	2,056 ft	TURF
35	357.0°	354.3°	matches rule gives runway 36 in ~10 yr	2,056 ft	TURF	right

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6KS8 ☆ Towanda Farms