KAPA Centennial

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.

certainty: — evidence: WEAK Class D

Wind 240° true at 9 kt · VFR · 20 min old · from KAPA (0.6 nm away)

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17L 46% 10001 ft · 4 kt head, 8 kt x-right

28 36% 4800 ft · 6 kt head, 7 kt x-left

17R 17% 7001 ft · 4 kt head, 8 kt x-right · right traffic

35L <1% 7001 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-left

35R <1% 10001 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-left · right traffic

10 <1% 4800 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 35R until 10-14 20:00Z

IAP CENTENNIAL, DENVER, CO. ILS OR LOC RWY 35R, AMDT 11B... PROCEDURE NA EXCEPT FOR AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, FQF TACAN OUT OF SERVICE.

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 17L

WIND 4 kt headwind, 8 kt right crosswind 20 min ago +0.65
PRIOR 17L used 59% of the time in this wind bin (n=103) +0.30
ADSB_OP N401HC departed 17L 33 min ago +0.15
PRIOR runway length 10001 ft +0.07

Runway 28

WIND 6 kt headwind, 7 kt left crosswind 20 min ago +0.99
PRIOR runway length 4800 ft -0.07

Runway 17R

WIND 4 kt headwind, 8 kt right crosswind 20 min ago +0.65
PRIOR 17R used 30% of the time in this wind bin (n=103) -0.54
ADSB_OP N307TS landed 17R 54 min ago +0.07

Runway 35L

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt left crosswind 20 min ago -3.44
PRIOR 35L used 3% of the time in this wind bin (n=103) -0.09

Runway 35R

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt left crosswind 20 min ago -3.44
PRIOR 35R used 7% of the time in this wind bin (n=103) -0.21
PRIOR runway length 10001 ft +0.07

Runway 10

WIND 6 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt right crosswind 20 min ago -5.54
PRIOR runway length 4800 ft -0.07
PRIOR 10 used 1% of the time in this wind bin (n=103) -0.03

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	20 min	Nearest station KAPA (0.6 nm away)
ADSB	OK	9 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

time	aircraft	type	op	rwy	conf
08:40Z	N401HC	C56X	departure	17L	43%
08:19Z	N307TS	PC12	landing	17R	37%

Was this right?

KAPA field & runways

Centennial, Denver, Colorado. Field elevation 5885 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 8.0°E on record, 7.4°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	Notes
10	111.0°	103.6°	matches rule gives runway 11 in ~17 yr	4,800 ft	ASPH	left
17L	178.0°	170.6°	matches rule gives runway 18 in ~56 yr	10,001 ft	ASPH	left
17R	178.0°	170.6°	matches rule gives runway 18 in ~56 yr	7,001 ft	ASPH	right
28	291.0°	283.6°	matches rule gives runway 29 in ~17 yr	4,800 ft	ASPH	left
35L	358.0°	350.6°	matches rule gives runway 36 in ~56 yr	7,001 ft	ASPH	left
35R	358.0°	350.6°	matches rule gives runway 36 in ~56 yr	10,001 ft	ASPH	right	ILS

What KAPA usually does

Of 11,906 operations this service has observed at KAPA since 2026-08-24:

17R 31% 3664 ops
17L 29% 3472 ops
35R 17% 2082 ops
35L 12% 1443 ops
28 9% 1082 ops
10 1% 163 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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KAPA ☆ Centennial