K59 Amelia Earhart

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: WEAK no tower now

Wind 190° true at 7 kt · VFR · 46 min old · from KK83 (34.0 nm away)

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16 CLOSED 3000 ft · 7 kt head, 2 kt x-right

34 CLOSED 3000 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 16/34 until 12-31 23:59Z

RWY 16/34 CLSD

RWY CLOSED RWY 9/27 until 12-31 13:41Z

RWY 09/27 CLSD DLY SS-SR

RWY CLOSED RWY 9/27 until 10-09 22:00Z

RWY 09/27 CLSD

LIGHTING RWY 27 until 12-31 13:41Z

RWY 27 PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 9 until 12-31 13:41Z

RWY 09 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 16

NOTAM 16 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2359Z 31 Dec

Runway 34

NOTAM 34 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2359Z 31 Dec

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	46 min	Nearest station KK83 (34.0 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	4657 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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K59 field & runways

Amelia Earhart, Atchison, Kansas. Field elevation 1073 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 2.0°E on record, 1.5°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 0.065°/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	Notes
16	173.5°	172.0°	runway 17 by the rule today · 12.0° past	3,000 ft	ASPH	left	CLOSED
34	353.5°	352.0°	runway 35 by the rule today · 12.0° past	3,000 ft	ASPH	left	CLOSED

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K59 ☆ Amelia Earhart