CYQH Watson Lake

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. Weather observation is 10618 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 240° true at 10 kt G15 · VFR · 10618 min old

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26 50% 5500 ft · 9 kt head, 4 kt x-left

8 50% 5500 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING until 10-18 23:59Z

REDL 09/27 U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 26

WIND 9 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 10618 min ago +0.00

Runway 8

WIND 6 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt left crosswind 10618 min ago -0.00

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	10618 min
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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CYQH field & runways

Watson Lake, Watson Lake. Field elevation 2225 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 25.0°E on record, 18.2°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 0.226°/year west — about 1° every 4 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
26	265.0°	246.8°	runway 25 by the rule today · 13.2° past	5,500 ft	ASPH
8	8.0°	349.8°	runway 35 by the rule today · 90.2° past	5,500 ft	ASPH

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CYQH ☆ Watson Lake