KHYS Hays Rgnl

WIND_INFERRED 90%

Runway 16 — favored by the wind (7 kt at 210° true)

Based on wind only — no traffic or ATIS to confirm. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: 90% evidence: WEAK no tower now Class E

Wind 210° true at 7 kt · VFR · 46 min old

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16 99% 6501 ft · 5 kt head, 5 kt x-right

34 1% 6501 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-left

22 CLOSED 4501 ft · 7 kt head, 2 kt x-left

4 CLOSED 4501 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 4/22 until 10-16 23:59Z

RWY 04/22 CLSD

APCH OTS until 10-09 20:00Z

NAV VOR U/S

APCH OTS RWY 34 until 10-24 19:41Z

IAP HAYS RGNL, HAYS, KS.
ILS OR LOC RWY 34, ORIG-G...
PROCEDURE NA EXCEPT FOR AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS,
HYS VOR OUT OF SERVICE. 2609241941-2610241941EST

LIGHTING RWY 4 until 03-23 21:11Z

RWY 04 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 16

WIND 5 kt headwind, 5 kt right crosswind 46 min ago +0.78

Runway 34

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt left crosswind 46 min ago -3.81

Runway 22

NOTAM 22 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2359Z 23 Oct

Runway 4

NOTAM 4 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2359Z 23 Oct

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	46 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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KHYS field & runways

Hays Rgnl, Hays, Kansas. Field elevation 1999 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 8.0°E on record, 4.2°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 0.074°/year west — about 1° every 14 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	167.4°	163.3°	matches rule gives runway 17 in ~23 yr	6,501 ft	CONC	left
22	228.0°	223.9°	matches rule gives runway 23 in ~15 yr	4,501 ft	CONC		CLOSED
34	347.4°	343.3°	matches rule gives runway 35 in ~23 yr	6,501 ft	CONC	left	ILS
4	48.0°	43.9°	matches rule gives runway 5 in ~15 yr	4,501 ft	CONC		CLOSED

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