KTCM Mcchord Fld (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord)

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.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind 140° true at 4 kt · MVFR · 20 min old · from KBFI (25.3 nm away)

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16 42% 10108 ft · 3 kt head, 3 kt x-left

34 22% 10108 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-right · right traffic

162 18% 3000 ft

342 18% 3000 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 16

IMC_APCH MVFR conditions and 16 has an instrument approach +0.50
WIND 3 kt headwind, 3 kt left crosswind 20 min ago +0.14
PRIOR runway length 10108 ft +0.12

Runway 34

IMC_APCH MVFR conditions and 34 has an instrument approach +0.50
WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt right crosswind 20 min ago -0.49
PRIOR runway length 10108 ft +0.12

Runway 162

PRIOR runway length 3000 ft -0.12

Runway 342

PRIOR runway length 3000 ft -0.12

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	20 min	Nearest station KBFI (25.3 nm away)
ADSB	OK	29 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KTCM field & runways

Mcchord Fld (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord), Tacoma, Washington. Field elevation 322 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Private use. 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 0.122°/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
16	179.8°	164.9°	matches rule gives runway 17 within a year	10,108 ft	ASPH-CONC	left	ILS
162	not published		—	3,000 ft	ASPH
34	359.8°	344.9°	matches rule gives runway 35 within a year	10,108 ft	ASPH-CONC	right	ILS
342	not published		—	3,000 ft	ASPH

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KTCM ☆ Mcchord Fld (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord)