KMEM Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis

18C

CONFIRMED 98%

Runway 18C — assigned by ATIS (information E)

ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 98% evidence: STRONG towered now Class B

Wind variable 6 kt · VFR · 51 min old · from KMEM (1.0 nm away)

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18C 96% 11120 ft

18L 1% 9000 ft

18R 1% 9320 ft · right traffic

36C <1% 11120 ft · right traffic

27 <1% 8946 ft

36L <1% 9320 ft

36R <1% 9000 ft

9 <1% 8946 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 18C until 02-19 16:39Z

IAP FREDERICK W SMITH INTL/MEMPHIS, MEMPHIS, TN.
ILS OR LOC RWY 18C, AMDT 1D...
ILS OR LOC RWY 18L, AMDT 2D...
ILS OR LOC RWY 36R, AMDT 3D...
ILS OR LOC RWY 9, AMDT 27B...
ILS RWY 36R (CAT II-III), AMDT 3D...
DME REQUIRED EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS,
HLI VOR OUT OF SERVICE. 2607101639-2702191639EST

APCH OTS RWY 18C until 02-19 16:39Z

IAP FREDERICK W SMITH INTL/MEMPHIS, MEMPHIS, TN. ILS OR LOC RWY 18C, AMDT 1D... ILS OR LOC RWY 18L, AMDT 2D... ILS OR LOC RWY 36R, AMDT 3D... ILS OR LOC RWY 9, AMDT 27B... ILS RWY 36R (CAT II-III), AMDT 3D... DME REQUIRED EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, HLI VOR OUT OF SERVICE.

LIGHTING RWY 18R until 04-01 20:00Z

RWY 18R RAI LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 18C

ATIS ATIS (info E) names 18C for arrivals 49 min ago +3.80
PRIOR runway length 11120 ft +0.03

Runway 18L

ATIS 18L not named for arrivals on current ATIS 49 min ago -1.90
ATIS ATIS names 18L for departures only 49 min ago +1.43

Runway 18R

ATIS 18R not named for arrivals on current ATIS 49 min ago -1.90
ATIS ATIS names 18R for departures only 49 min ago +1.43

Runway 36C

ATIS 36C not named for arrivals on current ATIS 49 min ago -1.90
PRIOR runway length 11120 ft +0.03

Runway 27

ATIS 27 not named for arrivals on current ATIS 49 min ago -1.90

Runway 36L

ATIS 36L not named for arrivals on current ATIS 49 min ago -1.90

Runway 36R

ATIS 36R not named for arrivals on current ATIS 49 min ago -1.90

Runway 9

ATIS 9 not named for arrivals on current ATIS 49 min ago -1.90

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	OK	49 min
METAR	OK	51 min	Nearest station KMEM (1.0 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	3583 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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KMEM field & runways

Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. Field elevation 341 ft. Class B airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 1.0°W on record, 2.0°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 0.067°/year west — about 1° every 15 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
18C	179.0°	181.0°	matches	11,120 ft	CONC	left	ILS
18L	179.0°	181.0°	matches	9,000 ft	CONC		ILS
18R	179.0°	181.0°	matches	9,320 ft	CONC	right	ILS
27	272.0°	273.9°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~16 yr	8,946 ft	CONC		ILS
36C	359.0°	1.0°	matches	11,120 ft	CONC	right	ILS
36L	359.0°	1.0°	matches	9,320 ft	CONC	left	ILS
36R	359.0°	1.0°	matches	9,000 ft	CONC		ILS
9	92.0°	93.9°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~16 yr	8,946 ft	CONC	left	ILS

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