KIPL Imperial County

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 26 — 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. No ADS-B traffic data available. Weather observation is 111 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: 60% evidence: NONE no tower now Class E

Wind 280° true at 7 kt · VFR · 111 min old

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26 55% 4501 ft · 7 kt head, 1 kt x-right · right traffic

32 39% 5308 ft · 4 kt head, 6 kt x-left · right traffic

14 5% 5308 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-right

8 1% 4501 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS until 11-02 19:15Z

IAP IMPERIAL COUNTY, IMPERIAL, CA. VOR-A, AMDT 5... ALTERNATE MINIMUMS NA EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, IPL VORTAC UNMONITORED.

LIGHTING RWY 32 until 10-23 01:00Z

RWY 32 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 26

WIND 7 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 111 min ago +0.72

Runway 32

WIND 4 kt headwind, 6 kt left crosswind 111 min ago +0.36

Runway 14

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 6 kt right crosswind 111 min ago -1.69

Runway 8

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 111 min ago -3.80

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	111 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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KIPL field & runways

Imperial County, Imperial, California. Field elevation -54 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 10.0°E on record, 10.5°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 0.075°/year west — about 1° every 13 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
14	152.8°	142.3°	matches rule gives runway 15 in ~36 yr	5,308 ft	ASPH	left
26	270.0°	259.5°	matches	4,501 ft	ASPH	right
32	332.8°	322.3°	matches rule gives runway 33 in ~36 yr	5,308 ft	ASPH	right
8	90.0°	79.5°	matches	4,501 ft	ASPH

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KIPL ☆ Imperial County