KSPA Spartanburg Downtown Meml/Simpson Fld
Runway 5 — favored by the wind (4 kt at 40° 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.
certainty: 70% evidence: NONE no tower now Class E
Wind 040° true at 4 kt · VFR · 25 min old
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Why — evidence behind this answer
Runway 5
- WIND 4 kt headwind, 0 kt left crosswind 25 min ago +0.20
Runway 23
- WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt right crosswind 25 min ago -0.70
Sources consulted
| source | status | age | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| D_ATIS | UNAVAILABLE | No D-ATIS at this field | |
| METAR | OK | 25 min | |
| ADSB | WARMING_UP | 1263 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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KSPA field & runways
Spartanburg Downtown Meml/Simpson Fld, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Field elevation 802 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 5.0°W on record, 7.3°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 0.043°/year west — about 1° every 23 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.
| Runway | True | Magnetic | Number | Length | Surface | Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 221.4° | 228.8° | matches | 5,852 ft | ASPH | left | |
| 5 | 41.5° | 48.8° | matches | 5,852 ft | ASPH | left | ILS |
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