KBKF Buckley Space Force Base

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 14 — 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.

certainty: 60% evidence: WEAK Class D

Wind 240° true at 9 kt · VFR · 51 min old · from KAPA (9.6 nm away)

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14 52% 11006 ft · 0 kt head, 9 kt x-right

32 48% 11006 ft · 0 kt TAIL, 9 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS until 03-24 18:01Z

BUCKLEY SPACE FORCE BASE, AURORA, CO. PIKES THREE DEPARTURE... ALAMOSA TRANSITION, BINKE TRANSITION NA EXCEPT FOR AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, ALS VORTAC OUT OF SERVICE.

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 14

WIND 0 kt headwind, 9 kt right crosswind 51 min ago -0.20

Runway 32

WIND 0 kt headwind, 9 kt left crosswind 51 min ago -0.26

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	51 min	Nearest station KAPA (9.6 nm away)
ADSB	OK	1 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KBKF field & runways

Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado. Field elevation 5663 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Private use. 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
14	151.2°	143.8°	matches rule gives runway 15 in ~15 yr	11,006 ft	PEM	left
32	331.2°	323.8°	matches rule gives runway 33 in ~15 yr	11,006 ft	PEM	left	ILS

What KBKF usually does

Of 67 operations this service has observed at KBKF since 2026-08-26:

14 52% 35 ops
32 48% 32 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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KBKF ☆ Buckley Space Force Base