6S8 Laurel Muni

PROBABLE 68%

Runway 22 — 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.

certainty: 68% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 230° true at 10 kt · VFR · 21 min old · from KBIL (10.9 nm away)

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22 69% 5199 ft · 10 kt head, 0 kt x-left

27 20% 1100 ft · 7 kt head, 7 kt x-left

14 9% 3002 ft · 2 kt head, 10 kt x-right

32 2% 3002 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 10 kt x-left

9 <1% 1100 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-right

4 <1% 5199 ft · 10 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 22

WIND 10 kt headwind, 0 kt left crosswind 21 min ago +2.12
PRIOR runway length 5199 ft +0.14

Runway 27

WIND 7 kt headwind, 7 kt left crosswind 21 min ago +1.21
PRIOR runway length 1100 ft -0.17

Runway 14

WIND 2 kt headwind, 10 kt right crosswind 21 min ago +0.15
PRIOR runway length 3002 ft +0.03

Runway 32

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 10 kt left crosswind 21 min ago -1.37
PRIOR runway length 3002 ft +0.03

Runway 9

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt right crosswind 21 min ago -7.54
PRIOR runway length 1100 ft -0.17

Runway 4

WIND 10 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt right crosswind 21 min ago -14.87
PRIOR runway length 5199 ft +0.14

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	21 min	Nearest station KBIL (10.9 nm away)
ADSB	OK	81 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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6S8 field & runways

Laurel Muni, Laurel, Montana. Field elevation 3543 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 14.0°E on record, 10.1°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 0.091°/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
14	152.5°	142.4°	matches rule gives runway 15 in ~28 yr	3,002 ft	ASPH	left
22	230.2°	220.1°	matches rule gives runway 23 in ~54 yr	5,199 ft	ASPH	left
27	277.3°	267.2°	matches	1,100 ft	TURF
32	332.5°	322.4°	matches rule gives runway 33 in ~28 yr	3,002 ft	ASPH	left
4	50.2°	40.1°	matches rule gives runway 5 in ~54 yr	5,199 ft	ASPH	left
9	97.3°	87.2°	matches	1,100 ft	TURF

What 6S8 usually does

Of 140 operations this service has observed at 6S8 since 2026-08-26:

22 76% 107 ops
4 21% 30 ops
32 1% 2 ops
9 1% 1 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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6S8 ☆ Laurel Muni