KBRD Brainerd Lakes Rgnl

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. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now Class E

Wind calm · MVFR · 71 min old · from KAIT (20.8 nm away)

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34 43% 7100 ft · calm-wind rwy

23 26% 6512 ft

16 16% 7100 ft

5 16% 6512 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 23 until 10-14 20:00Z

RWY 23 PAPI U/S

APCH OTS RWY 23 until 04-03 21:11Z

NAV ILS RWY 23 OM U/S

LIGHTING RWY 34 until 03-17 21:11Z

RWY 34 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 34

IMC_APCH MVFR conditions and 34 has an instrument approach +0.50
PRIOR 34 is the designated calm-wind runway +0.50

Runway 23

IMC_APCH MVFR conditions and 23 has an instrument approach +0.50

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	71 min	Nearest station KAIT (20.8 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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KBRD field & runways

Brainerd Lakes Rgnl, Brainerd, Minnesota. Field elevation 1232 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 3.0°E on record, 0.5°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 0.039°/year west — about 1° every 26 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	Notes
16	162.7°	162.3°	matches	7,100 ft	CONC
23	233.4°	233.0°	matches rule gives runway 24 in ~51 yr	6,512 ft	CONC	ILS
34	342.7°	342.3°	matches	7,100 ft	CONC	ILS calm-wind CALM WIND RWY.
5	53.5°	53.0°	matches rule gives runway 6 in ~51 yr	6,512 ft	CONC

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KBRD ☆ Brainerd Lakes Rgnl