KPLU Pierce County/Thun Fld

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. 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: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 200° true at 5 kt · MVFR · 6 min old

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17 CLOSED 3651 ft · 5 kt head, 2 kt x-right

35 CLOSED 3651 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 17/35 until 11-11 15:00Z

RWY 17/35 CLSD

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 17

NOTAM 17 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 1500Z 11 Nov

Runway 35

NOTAM 35 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 1500Z 11 Nov

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	6 min
ADSB	WARMING_UP	120 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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KPLU field & runways

Pierce County/Thun Fld, Puyallup, Washington. Field elevation 538 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 15.0°E on record, 14.8°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 0.121°/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	Pattern	Notes
17	180.6°	165.9°	matches	3,651 ft	ASPH	left	CLOSED
35	0.6°	345.9°	matches	3,651 ft	ASPH	left	CLOSED

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KPLU ☆ Pierce County/Thun Fld