KMTJ Montrose Rgnl

PROBABLE 68%

Runway 13 — 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.

certainty: 68% evidence: WEAK no tower now Class E

Wind 110° true at 8 kt · VFR · 49 min old

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13 64% 7510 ft · 7 kt head, 4 kt x-left

17 30% 10000 ft · 3 kt head, 8 kt x-left

35 5% 10000 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-right

31 <1% 7510 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 17 until 11-13 20:00Z

RWY 17 RAI LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 13

WIND 7 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 49 min ago +1.09
PRIOR runway length 7510 ft -0.03

Runway 17

WIND 3 kt headwind, 8 kt left crosswind 49 min ago +0.28
PRIOR runway length 10000 ft +0.03

Runway 35

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt right crosswind 49 min ago -1.45
PRIOR runway length 10000 ft +0.03

Runway 31

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt right crosswind 49 min ago -6.26
PRIOR runway length 7510 ft -0.03

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	49 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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KMTJ field & runways

Montrose Rgnl, Montrose, Colorado. Field elevation 5758 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 12.0°E on record, 8.8°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 0.082°/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
13	139.5°	130.8°	matches rule gives runway 14 in ~52 yr	7,510 ft	ASPH	left
17	179.8°	171.1°	matches rule gives runway 18 in ~48 yr	10,000 ft	ASPH		ILS
31	319.5°	310.8°	matches rule gives runway 32 in ~52 yr	7,510 ft	ASPH	left
35	359.8°	351.1°	matches rule gives runway 36 in ~48 yr	10,000 ft	ASPH

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KMTJ ☆ Montrose Rgnl