KSJX Beaver Island

PROBABLE 68%

Runway 32 — wind slightly favors it, low confidence

Based mostly on wind; 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: 68% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 310° true at 8 kt G15 · VFR · 8 min old

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32 65% 3278 ft · 8 kt head, 0 kt x-left

27 30% 4299 ft · 6 kt head, 5 kt x-right

23 3% 2054 ft · 1 kt head, 8 kt x-right

5 2% 2054 ft · 1 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-left

9 <1% 4299 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-left

14 <1% 3278 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 32

WIND 8 kt headwind, 0 kt left crosswind 8 min ago +2.69

Runway 27

WIND 6 kt headwind, 5 kt right crosswind 8 min ago +1.84
PRIOR runway length 4299 ft +0.07

Runway 23

WIND 1 kt headwind, 8 kt right crosswind 8 min ago -0.19
PRIOR runway length 2054 ft -0.08

Runway 5

WIND 1 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt left crosswind 8 min ago -0.74
PRIOR runway length 2054 ft -0.08

Runway 9

WIND 6 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt left crosswind 8 min ago -14.63
PRIOR runway length 4299 ft +0.07

Runway 14

WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt right crosswind 8 min ago -23.13

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	8 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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KSJX field & runways

Beaver Island, Beaver Island, Michigan. Field elevation 670 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 5.0°W on record, 6.2°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 0.006°/year east — about 1° every 167 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
14	132.9°	139.1°	matches	3,278 ft	TURF
23	224.5°	230.7°	matches	2,054 ft	TURF	left
27	270.8°	277.0°	runway 28 by the rule today · 7.0° past	4,299 ft	ASPH	left
32	312.9°	319.1°	matches	3,278 ft	TURF	left
5	44.5°	50.7°	matches	2,054 ft	TURF	left
9	90.8°	97.0°	runway 10 by the rule today · 7.0° past	4,299 ft	ASPH	left

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KSJX ☆ Beaver Island