KBUF Buffalo Niagara Intl

CONFIRMED 99%

Runway 23 — assigned by ATIS (information B)

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certainty: 99% evidence: STRONG no tower now Class C

Wind 290° true at 5 kt · VFR · 20 min old · from KBUF (0.2 nm away)

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23 98% 8829 ft · 2 kt head, 5 kt x-right

32 2% 7161 ft · 5 kt head, 1 kt x-left

5 <1% 8829 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-left

14 <1% 7161 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 23

ATIS ATIS (info B) names 23 for arrivals 17 min ago +3.80
WIND 2 kt headwind, 5 kt right crosswind 20 min ago +0.10
PRIOR runway length 8829 ft +0.02

Runway 32

ATIS 32 not named for arrivals on current ATIS 17 min ago -1.90
ATIS ATIS names 32 for departures only 17 min ago +1.43
WIND 5 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 20 min ago +0.33
PRIOR runway length 7161 ft -0.02

Runway 5

ATIS 5 not named for arrivals on current ATIS 17 min ago -1.90
WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt left crosswind 20 min ago -0.37
PRIOR runway length 8829 ft +0.02

Runway 14

ATIS 14 not named for arrivals on current ATIS 17 min ago -1.90
WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 20 min ago -1.34
PRIOR runway length 7161 ft -0.02

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	OK	17 min
METAR	OK	20 min	Nearest station KBUF (0.2 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	1218 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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KBUF field & runways

Buffalo Niagara Intl, Buffalo, New York. Field elevation 727 ft. Class C airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-TRACON). Magnetic variation 11.0°W on record, 10.4°W 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 0.028°/year east — about 1° every 36 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	126.8°	137.2°	matches	7,161 ft	ASPH	left
23	223.8°	234.2°	matches	8,829 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
32	306.8°	317.2°	matches	7,161 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
5	43.8°	54.2°	matches	8,829 ft	ASPH	left	ILS

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KBUF ☆ Buffalo Niagara Intl