KSWT Seward Muni

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 16 — 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 60% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 190° true at 9 kt · VFR · 46 min old · from KLNK (15.7 nm away)

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16 59% 4200 ft · 9 kt head, 2 kt x-right

22 41% 3400 ft · 7 kt head, 5 kt x-left

4 <1% 3400 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-right

34 <1% 4200 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 16

WIND 9 kt headwind, 2 kt right crosswind 46 min ago +1.46
PRIOR runway length 4200 ft +0.02

Runway 22

WIND 7 kt headwind, 5 kt left crosswind 46 min ago +1.12
PRIOR runway length 3400 ft -0.02

Runway 4

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 5 kt right crosswind 46 min ago -6.87
PRIOR runway length 3400 ft -0.02

Runway 34

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt left crosswind 46 min ago -9.52
PRIOR runway length 4200 ft +0.02

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	46 min	Nearest station KLNK (15.7 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	2083 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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KSWT field & runways

Seward Muni, Seward, Nebraska. Field elevation 1506 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 6.0°E on record, 2.8°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 0.067°/year west — 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
16	174.5°	171.7°	runway 17 by the rule today · 11.7° past	4,200 ft	CONC	left
22	226.9°	224.1°	matches rule gives runway 23 in ~13 yr	3,400 ft	TURF	left
34	354.5°	351.7°	runway 35 by the rule today · 11.7° past	4,200 ft	CONC	left
4	46.9°	44.1°	matches rule gives runway 5 in ~13 yr	3,400 ft	TURF	left

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KSWT ☆ Seward Muni