79J South Alabama Rgnl At Bill Benton Fld

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. No weather observation available.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

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11 50% 6000 ft

29 50% 6000 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Sources consulted

source	status	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE	No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	UNAVAILABLE	No weather observation found
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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79J field & runways

South Alabama Rgnl At Bill Benton Fld, Andalusia, Alabama. Field elevation 310 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 2.0°W on record, 4.1°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 0.073°/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
11	106.7°	110.8°	matches rule gives runway 12 in ~58 yr	6,000 ft	ASPH
29	286.7°	290.8°	matches rule gives runway 30 in ~58 yr	6,000 ft	ASPH

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