KDCM Chester Catawba 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building. Weather observation is 5139 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 340° true at 4 kt · VFR · 5139 min old

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17 25% 5000 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right · right traffic

23 25% 4998 ft · 1 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-right

35 25% 5000 ft · 4 kt head, 1 kt x-left

5 25% 4998 ft · 1 kt head, 4 kt x-left · right traffic

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 17

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 5139 min ago -0.00

Runway 23

WIND 1 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt right crosswind 5139 min ago -0.00

Runway 35

WIND 4 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 5139 min ago +0.00

Runway 5

WIND 1 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 5139 min ago +0.00

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	5139 min
ADSB	WARMING_UP	864 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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KDCM field & runways

Chester Catawba Rgnl, Chester, South Carolina. Field elevation 657 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 6.0°W on record, 7.8°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 0.041°/year west — about 1° every 24 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
17	168.1°	175.9°	runway 18 by the rule today · 5.9° past	5,000 ft	ASPH	right
23	234.4°	242.2°	runway 24 by the rule today · 12.2° past	4,998 ft	ASPH	left
35	348.1°	355.9°	runway 36 by the rule today · 5.9° past	5,000 ft	ASPH	left
5	54.5°	62.2°	runway 6 by the rule today · 12.2° past	4,998 ft	ASPH	right

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