KEFD Ellington

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. Weather observation is 646 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind 010° true at 9 kt G16 · VFR · 646 min old

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35L 30% 9001 ft · 9 kt head, 2 kt x-right · right traffic

35R 26% 4609 ft · 9 kt head, 2 kt x-right · right traffic

17R 24% 9001 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

17L 21% 4609 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

22 CLOSED 8001 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-right

4 CLOSED 8001 ft · 8 kt head, 5 kt x-left · right traffic

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 4/22 until 10-26 22:00Z

RWY 04/22 CLSD

APCH OTS RWY 22 until 10-13 21:00Z

NAV ILS RWY 22 GP U/S

APCH OTS RWY 22 until 11-30 06:00Z

NAV ILS RWY 22 U/S

LIGHTING RWY 35L until 10-30 23:00Z

RWY 35L PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 35L until 10-30 23:00Z

RWY 35L SEQUENCED FLG LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 35L

PRIOR runway length 9001 ft +0.07
WIND 9 kt headwind, 2 kt right crosswind 646 min ago +0.02

Runway 35R

PRIOR runway length 4609 ft -0.07
WIND 9 kt headwind, 2 kt right crosswind 646 min ago +0.02

Runway 17R

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt left crosswind 646 min ago -0.19
PRIOR runway length 9001 ft +0.07

Runway 17L

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt left crosswind 646 min ago -0.19
PRIOR runway length 4609 ft -0.07

Runway 22

NOTAM 22 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2200Z 26 Oct

Runway 4

NOTAM 4 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2200Z 26 Oct

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	646 min
ADSB	OK	9 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

Was this right?

KEFD field & runways

Ellington, Houston, Texas. Field elevation 32 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 5.0°E on record, 1.6°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 0.081°/year west — about 1° every 12 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
17L	178.8°	177.3°	runway 18 by the rule today · 7.3° past	4,609 ft	CONC
17R	178.8°	177.3°	runway 18 by the rule today · 7.3° past	9,001 ft	CONC		ILS
22	223.7°	222.1°	matches rule gives runway 23 in ~36 yr	8,001 ft	CONC		ILS CLOSED
35L	358.9°	357.3°	runway 36 by the rule today · 7.3° past	9,001 ft	CONC	right	ILS
35R	358.9°	357.3°	runway 36 by the rule today · 7.3° past	4,609 ft	CONC	right
4	43.7°	42.1°	matches rule gives runway 5 in ~36 yr	8,001 ft	CONC	right	CLOSED

What KEFD usually does

Of 76 operations this service has observed at KEFD since 2026-08-25:

35L 50% 38 ops
17R 32% 24 ops
17L 11% 8 ops
35R 8% 6 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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KEFD ☆ Ellington