C17 Marion

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.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 120° true at 3 kt · VFR · 69 min old · from KMXO (20.1 nm away)

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17 54% 3776 ft · 2 kt head, 2 kt x-left

35 46% 3776 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right · right traffic

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 17

WIND 2 kt headwind, 2 kt left crosswind 69 min ago +0.04

Runway 35

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt right crosswind 69 min ago -0.12

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	69 min	Nearest station KMXO (20.1 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	3886 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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C17 field & runways

Marion, Marion, Iowa. Field elevation 861 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 2.0°E on record, 1.3°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 0.046°/year west — about 1° every 22 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	174.1°	175.3°	runway 18 by the rule today · 5.3° past	3,776 ft	ASPH	left
35	354.1°	355.3°	runway 36 by the rule today · 5.3° past	3,776 ft	ASPH	right

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C17 ☆ Marion