KAFF USAF Academy Davis Airfield

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 Class D

Wind 340° true at 9 kt · VFR · 44 min old

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34L 30% 4500 ft · 9 kt head, 2 kt x-left

34C 30% 4501 ft · 9 kt head, 2 kt x-left

34R 29% 3513 ft · 9 kt head, 2 kt x-left

27 9% 2493 ft · 4 kt head, 8 kt x-right

9 0% 2493 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-left

16C <1% 4501 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right

16R <1% 4500 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right

16L <1% 3513 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 34L

WIND 9 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 44 min ago +1.54
PRIOR runway length 4500 ft +0.04

Runway 34C

WIND 9 kt headwind, 2 kt left crosswind 44 min ago +1.54
PRIOR runway length 4501 ft +0.04

Runway 34R

WIND 9 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 44 min ago +1.54

Runway 27

WIND 4 kt headwind, 8 kt right crosswind 44 min ago +0.48
PRIOR runway length 2493 ft -0.08

Runway 9

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt left crosswind 44 min ago -2.55
PRIOR runway length 2493 ft -0.08

Runway 16C

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt right crosswind 44 min ago -10.01
PRIOR runway length 4501 ft +0.04

Runway 16R

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 44 min ago -10.01
PRIOR runway length 4500 ft +0.04

Runway 16L

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 44 min ago -10.01

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	44 min
ADSB	WARMING_UP	101 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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KAFF field & runways

USAF Academy Davis Airfield, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Field elevation 6576 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Private use. Magnetic variation 11.0°E on record, 7.3°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 0.08°/year west — about 1° every 12 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
16C	169.6°	162.3°	matches rule gives runway 17 in ~34 yr	4,501 ft	ASPH
16L	169.6°	162.2°	matches rule gives runway 17 in ~35 yr	3,513 ft	ASPH	left
16R	169.5°	162.2°	matches rule gives runway 17 in ~35 yr	4,500 ft	ASPH	left
27	275.9°	268.5°	matches	2,493 ft	ASPH
34C	349.6°	342.3°	matches rule gives runway 35 in ~34 yr	4,501 ft	ASPH
34L	349.5°	342.2°	matches rule gives runway 35 in ~35 yr	4,500 ft	ASPH	left
34R	349.6°	342.2°	matches rule gives runway 35 in ~35 yr	3,513 ft	ASPH	left
9	95.8°	88.5°	matches	2,493 ft	ASPH

What KAFF usually does

Of 3,668 operations this service has observed at KAFF since 2026-08-25:

16R 32% 1174 ops
34L 26% 946 ops
16L 15% 543 ops
34R 14% 501 ops
16C 8% 291 ops
34C 5% 192 ops
9 0% 12 ops
27 0% 9 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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KAFF ☆ USAF Academy Davis Airfield