KPLN Pellston Rgnl/Emmet County

WIND_INFERRED 90%

Runway 23 — favored by the wind (10 kt at 180° 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. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: 90% evidence: WEAK no tower now Class E

Wind 180° true at 10 kt · VFR · 6 min old · from KBFA (24.9 nm away)

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23 99% 5401 ft · 7 kt head, 7 kt x-left

5 <1% 5401 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-right

14 CLOSED 6513 ft · 7 kt head, 7 kt x-right

32 CLOSED 6513 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 14 until 10-23 16:00Z

RWY 14 NW 2648FT CLSD

RWY CLOSED RWY 14/32 until 11-06 13:00Z

RWY 14/32 CLSD

RWY CLOSED RWY 32 until 10-23 16:00Z

RWY 32 SE 2800FT CLSD

LIGHTING RWY 14 until 10-13 20:00Z

RWY 14 PAPI U/S

APCH OTS RWY 32 until 10-13 22:00Z

NAV ILS RWY 32 U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 23

WIND 7 kt headwind, 7 kt left crosswind 6 min ago +1.45

Runway 5

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt right crosswind 6 min ago -9.23

Runway 14

NOTAM 14 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 1600Z 23 Oct

Runway 32

NOTAM 32 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 1600Z 23 Oct

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	6 min	Nearest station KBFA (24.9 nm away)
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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KPLN field & runways

Pellston Rgnl/Emmet County, Pellston, Michigan. Field elevation 721 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 6.0°W on record, 6.8°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 0.01°/year east — about 1° every 100 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
14	134.8°	141.6°	matches	6,513 ft	ASPH	left	CLOSED
23	224.6°	231.4°	matches	5,401 ft	ASPH	left
32	314.8°	321.6°	matches	6,513 ft	ASPH	left	ILS CLOSED
5	44.6°	51.4°	matches	5,401 ft	ASPH	left

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KPLN ☆ Pellston Rgnl/Emmet County