KOWD Norwood Meml

WIND_INFERRED 80%

Runway 28 — favored by the wind (11 kt at 270° 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.

certainty: 80% evidence: WEAK Class D

Wind 270° true at 11 kt · VFR · 21 min old · from KBOS (12.5 nm away)

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28 84% 3995 ft · 11 kt head, 0 kt x-right

35 16% 4007 ft · 5 kt head, 10 kt x-left

17 <1% 4007 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 10 kt x-right

10 <1% 3995 ft · 11 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 35 until 04-30 23:59Z

NAV ILS RWY 35 DME U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 28

WIND 11 kt headwind, 0 kt right crosswind 21 min ago +2.34

Runway 35

WIND 5 kt headwind, 10 kt left crosswind 21 min ago +0.68

Runway 17

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 10 kt right crosswind 21 min ago -4.11

Runway 10

WIND 11 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt left crosswind 21 min ago -17.83

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	21 min	Nearest station KBOS (12.5 nm away)
ADSB	OK	7 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KOWD field & runways

Norwood Meml, Norwood, Massachusetts. Field elevation 49 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 15.0°W on record, 13.9°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 0.069°/year east — 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
10	88.8°	102.6°	matches	3,995 ft	ASPH	left
17	154.8°	168.7°	matches rule gives runway 16 in ~54 yr	4,007 ft	ASPH	left
28	268.8°	282.6°	matches	3,995 ft	ASPH	left
35	334.9°	348.7°	matches rule gives runway 34 in ~54 yr	4,007 ft	ASPH	left	ILS

What KOWD usually does

Of 232 operations this service has observed at KOWD since 2026-08-25:

35 41% 96 ops
28 28% 64 ops
17 23% 54 ops
10 8% 18 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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KOWD ☆ Norwood Meml