KBAC Barnes County 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. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 130° true at 5 kt · VFR · 5 min old

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13 23% 4201 ft · 5 kt head, 0 kt x-left

17 18% 3539 ft · 3 kt head, 4 kt x-left

8 18% 2520 ft · 4 kt head, 3 kt x-right

5 15% 2525 ft · 2 kt head, 5 kt x-right

23 10% 2525 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-left

35 7% 3539 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-right

26 5% 2520 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-left

31 3% 4201 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 13

WIND 5 kt headwind, 0 kt left crosswind 5 min ago +0.40
PRIOR runway length 4201 ft +0.06

Runway 17

WIND 3 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 5 min ago +0.21
PRIOR runway length 3539 ft +0.03

Runway 8

WIND 4 kt headwind, 3 kt right crosswind 5 min ago +0.27
PRIOR runway length 2520 ft -0.04

Runway 5

WIND 2 kt headwind, 5 kt right crosswind 5 min ago +0.06
PRIOR runway length 2525 ft -0.04

Runway 23

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt left crosswind 5 min ago -0.29
PRIOR runway length 2525 ft -0.04

Runway 35

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt right crosswind 5 min ago -0.80
PRIOR runway length 3539 ft +0.03

Runway 26

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt left crosswind 5 min ago -1.06
PRIOR runway length 2520 ft -0.04

Runway 31

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt right crosswind 5 min ago -1.61
PRIOR runway length 4201 ft +0.06

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	5 min
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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KBAC field & runways

Barnes County Muni, Valley City, North Dakota. Field elevation 1402 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 7.0°E on record, 3.4°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 0.056°/year west — about 1° every 18 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
13	134.1°	130.7°	matches	4,201 ft	CONC	left
17	180.1°	176.7°	runway 18 by the rule today · 6.7° past	3,539 ft	TURF	left
23	237.6°	234.2°	matches rule gives runway 24 in ~15 yr	2,525 ft	TURF	left
26	270.2°	266.8°	runway 27 by the rule today · 6.8° past	2,520 ft	TURF	left
31	314.1°	310.7°	matches	4,201 ft	CONC	left
35	0.1°	356.7°	runway 36 by the rule today · 6.7° past	3,539 ft	TURF	left
5	57.6°	54.2°	matches rule gives runway 6 in ~15 yr	2,525 ft	TURF	left
8	90.2°	86.8°	runway 9 by the rule today · 6.8° past	2,520 ft	TURF	left

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KBAC ☆ Barnes County Muni