KDKB De Kalb Taylor Muni

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. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind calm · VFR · 51 min old · from KDPA (20.4 nm away)

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2 37% 7026 ft · calm-wind rwy

20 22% 7026 ft

27 20% 4201 ft

9 20% 4201 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 27 until 10-20 23:59Z

RWY 27 RWY END ID LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 2

PRIOR 2 is the designated calm-wind runway +0.50
PRIOR runway length 7026 ft +0.05

Runway 20

PRIOR runway length 7026 ft +0.05

Runway 27

PRIOR runway length 4201 ft -0.05

Runway 9

PRIOR runway length 4201 ft -0.05

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	51 min	Nearest station KDPA (20.4 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	616 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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KDKB field & runways

De Kalb Taylor Muni, De Kalb, Illinois. Field elevation 913 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 2.0°W on record, 3.4°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 0.034°/year west — about 1° every 29 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
2	19.4°	22.8°	matches	7,026 ft	ASPH		ILS calm-wind PRFERED CALM WIND RWY 02
20	199.4°	202.8°	matches	7,026 ft	ASPH
27	269.9°	273.3°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~50 yr	4,201 ft	ASPH	left
9	89.9°	93.3°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~50 yr	4,201 ft	ASPH	left

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