F72 Franklin 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 330° true at 4 kt · VFR · 47 min old · from KCCR (34.8 nm away)

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18 28% 3123 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-right · calm-wind rwy

36 27% 3123 ft · 3 kt head, 3 kt x-left · right traffic

27 27% 3031 ft · 3 kt head, 3 kt x-right

9 17% 3031 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-left · right traffic

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 18

PRIOR 18 is the designated calm-wind runway +0.50
WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt right crosswind 47 min ago -0.36

Runway 36

WIND 3 kt headwind, 3 kt left crosswind 47 min ago +0.11

Runway 27

WIND 3 kt headwind, 3 kt right crosswind 47 min ago +0.10

Runway 9

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt left crosswind 47 min ago -0.34

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	47 min	Nearest station KCCR (34.8 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	3718 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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F72 field & runways

Franklin Fld, Franklin, California. Field elevation 23 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 16.0°E on record, 12.8°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	Notes
18	194.1°	181.3°	matches rule gives runway 19 in ~41 yr	3,123 ft	ASPH		calm-wind CALM WIND RY 18.
27	284.3°	271.5°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~38 yr	3,031 ft	ASPH
36	14.1°	1.3°	matches rule gives runway 1 in ~41 yr	3,123 ft	ASPH	right
9	104.3°	91.5°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~38 yr	3,031 ft	ASPH	right

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F72 ☆ Franklin Fld