K34 Gardner Muni

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 17 — 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 60% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 160° true at 7 kt · VFR · 20 min old · from KMCI (31.3 nm away)

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17 53% 3224 ft · 7 kt head, 2 kt x-left

21 25% 1871 ft · 4 kt head, 6 kt x-left

8 18% 2399 ft · 2 kt head, 7 kt x-right

26 3% 2399 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-left

3 0% 1871 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-right

35 <1% 3224 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 17

WIND 7 kt headwind, 2 kt left crosswind 20 min ago +1.34
PRIOR runway length 3224 ft +0.06

Runway 21

WIND 4 kt headwind, 6 kt left crosswind 20 min ago +0.70
PRIOR runway length 1871 ft -0.05

Runway 8

WIND 2 kt headwind, 7 kt right crosswind 20 min ago +0.30

Runway 26

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt left crosswind 20 min ago -1.47

Runway 3

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt right crosswind 20 min ago -3.25
PRIOR runway length 1871 ft -0.05

Runway 35

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt right crosswind 20 min ago -7.07
PRIOR runway length 3224 ft +0.06

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	20 min	Nearest station KMCI (31.3 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	2078 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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K34 field & runways

Gardner Muni, Gardner, Kansas. Field elevation 1040 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 5.0°E on record, 1.3°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 0.067°/year west — about 1° every 15 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
17	179.6°	178.3°	runway 18 by the rule today · 8.3° past	3,224 ft	TURF	left
21	213.9°	212.6°	matches rule gives runway 22 in ~37 yr	1,871 ft	TURF
26	270.1°	268.8°	runway 27 by the rule today · 8.8° past	2,399 ft	ASPH	left
3	33.9°	32.6°	matches rule gives runway 4 in ~37 yr	1,871 ft	TURF
35	359.6°	358.3°	runway 36 by the rule today · 8.3° past	3,224 ft	TURF	left
8	90.1°	88.8°	runway 9 by the rule today · 8.8° past	2,399 ft	ASPH	left

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K34 ☆ Gardner Muni