KNUW Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Fld)

WIND_INFERRED 80%

Runway 14 — favored by the wind (10 kt at 170° 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 80% evidence: WEAK no tower now Class C

Wind 170° true at 10 kt G17 · VFR · 51 min old · from KORS (23.6 nm away)

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14 86% 8001 ft · 10 kt head, 3 kt x-right

7 10% 7999 ft · 1 kt head, 10 kt x-right

25 4% 7999 ft · 1 kt TAIL, 10 kt x-left

32 <1% 8001 ft · 10 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS until 10-13 18:00Z

AN/GRN-33 INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE ON 13OCT2026 1530Z(0830L) TO 1800Z(1100L) FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE

APCH OTS until 10-14 18:00Z

AN/GRN-33 INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE ON 14OCT2026 1530Z(0830L) TO 1800Z(1100L) FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 14

WIND 10 kt headwind, 3 kt right crosswind 51 min ago +2.10

Runway 7

WIND 1 kt headwind, 10 kt right crosswind 51 min ago -0.06

Runway 25

WIND 1 kt TAILWIND, 10 kt left crosswind 51 min ago -0.90

Runway 32

WIND 10 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt left crosswind 51 min ago -20.57

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	51 min	Nearest station KORS (23.6 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	1876 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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KNUW field & runways

Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Fld), Oak Harbor, Washington. Field elevation 47 ft. Class C airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-RATCF). Private use. Magnetic variation 18.0°E on record, 15.1°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 0.127°/year west — about 1° every 8 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	Notes
14	154.7°	139.6°	matches	8,001 ft	CONC	ILS
25	267.0°	251.9°	matches rule gives runway 26 in ~25 yr	7,999 ft	CONC
32	334.7°	319.6°	matches	8,001 ft	CONC
7	87.0°	71.9°	matches rule gives runway 8 in ~25 yr	7,999 ft	CONC

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KNUW ☆ Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Fld)