KCIU Chippewa County Intl

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. Weather observation is 109 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now Class E

Wind 250° true at 5 kt · VFR · 109 min old

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28 31% 5001 ft · 5 kt head, 2 kt x-left

34 29% 7203 ft · 1 kt head, 5 kt x-left

16 26% 7203 ft · 1 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-right · right traffic

10 14% 5001 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 28

WIND 5 kt headwind, 2 kt left crosswind 109 min ago +0.16
PRIOR runway length 5001 ft -0.04

Runway 34

PRIOR runway length 7203 ft +0.04
WIND 1 kt headwind, 5 kt left crosswind 109 min ago +0.00

Runway 16

WIND 1 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt right crosswind 109 min ago -0.07
PRIOR runway length 7203 ft +0.04

Runway 10

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt right crosswind 109 min ago -0.66
PRIOR runway length 5001 ft -0.04

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	109 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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KCIU field & runways

Chippewa County Intl, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. Field elevation 799 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 7.0°W on record, 7.2°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 0.018°/year east — about 1° every 56 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
10	90.0°	97.1°	matches	5,001 ft	ASPH
16	150.1°	157.2°	matches	7,203 ft	ASPH-CONC	right	ILS
28	270.0°	277.1°	matches	5,001 ft	ASPH
34	330.1°	337.2°	matches	7,203 ft	ASPH-CONC

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KCIU ☆ Chippewa County Intl