KPTD Potsdam Muni/Damon Fld

WIND_INFERRED 90%

Runway 24 — favored by the wind (8 kt at 230° 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: NONE no tower now

Wind 230° true at 8 kt · VFR · 70 min old

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24 99% 3704 ft · 8 kt head, 1 kt x-right

6 <1% 3704 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 24 until 01-15 21:11Z

RWY 24 RWY END ID LGT U/S

LIGHTING RWY 6 until 04-01 21:11Z

RWY 06 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 24

WIND 8 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 70 min ago +1.14

Runway 6

WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 70 min ago -6.69

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	70 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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KPTD field & runways

Potsdam Muni/Damon Fld, Potsdam, New York. Field elevation 474 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 14.0°W on record, 12.8°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 0.067°/year east — about 1° every 15 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
24	224.0°	236.8°	matches rule gives runway 23 in ~27 yr	3,704 ft	ASPH	left
6	44.0°	56.8°	matches rule gives runway 5 in ~27 yr	3,704 ft	ASPH	left

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KPTD ☆ Potsdam Muni/Damon Fld