KAMW Ames Muni

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 Class E

Wind 140° true at 3 kt · VFR · 68 min old · from KIFA (32.7 nm away)

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1 35% 5701 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right · right traffic · calm-wind rwy

19 25% 5701 ft · 2 kt head, 2 kt x-left

13 24% 3491 ft · 3 kt head, 0 kt x-right · right traffic

31 17% 3491 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 1

PRIOR 1 is the designated calm-wind runway +0.50
WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt right crosswind 68 min ago -0.11
PRIOR runway length 5701 ft +0.05

Runway 19

PRIOR runway length 5701 ft +0.05
WIND 2 kt headwind, 3 kt left crosswind 68 min ago +0.04

Runway 13

WIND 3 kt headwind, 0 kt right crosswind 68 min ago +0.09
PRIOR runway length 3491 ft -0.05

Runway 31

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt left crosswind 68 min ago -0.25
PRIOR runway length 3491 ft -0.05

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	68 min	Nearest station KIFA (32.7 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	2518 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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KAMW field & runways

Ames Muni, Ames, Iowa. Field elevation 956 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 3.0°E on record, 0.3°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 0.054°/year west — about 1° every 19 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
1	16.5°	16.3°	runway 2 by the rule today · 6.3° past	5,701 ft	ASPH	right	ILS calm-wind RWY 01 IS CALM WIND RWY.
13	136.3°	136.0°	runway 14 by the rule today · 6.0° past	3,491 ft	CONC	right
19	196.5°	196.3°	runway 20 by the rule today · 6.3° past	5,701 ft	ASPH
31	316.3°	316.0°	runway 32 by the rule today · 6.0° past	3,491 ft	CONC	left

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