KCBF Council Bluffs Muni

PROBABLE 68%

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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 68% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 140° true at 10 kt · VFR · 25 min old

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14 65% 3650 ft · 10 kt head, 0 kt x-left · calm-wind rwy

18 35% 5500 ft · 8 kt head, 7 kt x-left

36 <1% 5500 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-right

32 <1% 3650 ft · 10 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 14

WIND 10 kt headwind, 0 kt left crosswind 25 min ago +2.06
PRIOR runway length 3650 ft -0.04

Runway 18

WIND 7 kt headwind, 7 kt left crosswind 25 min ago +1.34
PRIOR runway length 5500 ft +0.04

Runway 36

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt right crosswind 25 min ago -8.69
PRIOR runway length 5500 ft +0.04

Runway 32

WIND 10 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt right crosswind 25 min ago -14.45
PRIOR runway length 3650 ft -0.04

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	25 min
ADSB	WARMING_UP	330 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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KCBF field & runways

Council Bluffs Muni, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Field elevation 1245 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 5.0°E on record, 1.8°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 0.063°/year west — about 1° every 16 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	141.1°	139.2°	matches	3,650 ft	CONC	left	calm-wind RY 14 PREFERRED CALM WIND RUNWAY.
18	181.5°	179.7°	matches	5,500 ft	CONC
32	321.1°	319.2°	matches	3,650 ft	CONC	left
36	1.5°	359.7°	matches	5,500 ft	CONC		ILS

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