KCLS Chehalis-Centralia

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 16 — 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: 60% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 220° true at 3 kt · MVFR · 6 min old

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16 59% 5000 ft · 2 kt head, 2 kt x-right · right traffic

34 41% 5000 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 16

WIND 2 kt headwind, 2 kt right crosswind 6 min ago +0.09

Runway 34

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt left crosswind 6 min ago -0.26

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	6 min
ADSB	WARMING_UP	3311 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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KCLS field & runways

Chehalis-Centralia, Chehalis, Washington. Field elevation 177 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 16.0°E on record, 14.8°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 0.121°/year west — about 1° every 8 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
16	177.8°	163.0°	matches rule gives runway 17 in ~16 yr	5,000 ft	CONC	right
34	357.8°	343.0°	matches rule gives runway 35 in ~16 yr	5,000 ft	CONC	left

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KCLS ☆ Chehalis-Centralia