KAXA Algona Muni

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 18 — 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. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: 60% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 210° true at 3 kt · MVFR · 70 min old · from KCAV (30.1 nm away)

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18 57% 2895 ft · 3 kt head, 1 kt x-right

36 42% 2895 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-left

13 CLOSED 4200 ft · 1 kt head, 3 kt x-right · calm-wind rwy

31 CLOSED 4200 ft · 1 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 13/31 until 11-02 23:00Z

RWY 13/31 CLSD

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 18

WIND 3 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 70 min ago +0.08

Runway 36

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 70 min ago -0.22

Runway 13

NOTAM 13 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2300Z 02 Nov

Runway 31

NOTAM 31 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2300Z 02 Nov

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	70 min	Nearest station KCAV (30.1 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KAXA field & runways

Algona Muni, Algona, Iowa. Field elevation 1216 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 3.0°E on record, 0.7°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 0.053°/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
13	131.8°	131.0°	matches	4,200 ft	CONC	left	calm-wind RWY 13 IS CALM WIND RWY. CLOSED
18	189.1°	188.4°	runway 19 by the rule today · 8.4° past	2,895 ft	TURF	left
31	311.8°	311.0°	matches	4,200 ft	CONC	left	CLOSED
36	9.1°	8.4°	runway 1 by the rule today · 8.4° past	2,895 ft	TURF	left

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KAXA ☆ Algona Muni