KTYS Mc Ghee Tyson

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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now Class C

Wind calm · VFR · 28 min old · from KGKT (22.6 nm away)

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5L 51% 10000 ft

23R 49% 10000 ft · right traffic

23L CLOSED 9000 ft

5R CLOSED 9000 ft · right traffic

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 5R/23L until 10-31 23:59Z

RWY 05R/23L CLSD

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 5L

PRIOR 5L used 100% of the time in this wind bin (n=1) +0.03

Runway 23L

NOTAM 23L not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2359Z 31 Oct

Runway 5R

NOTAM 5R not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2359Z 31 Oct

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	28 min	Nearest station KGKT (22.6 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	4333 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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KTYS field & runways

Mc Ghee Tyson, Knoxville, Tennessee. Field elevation 986 ft. Class C airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-TRACON). Magnetic variation 6.0°W on record, 6.1°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 0.046°/year west — about 1° every 22 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
23L	224.7°	230.8°	matches	9,000 ft	ASPH	left	ILS CLOSED
23R	224.7°	230.8°	matches	10,000 ft	CONC	right	ILS
5L	44.7°	50.8°	matches	10,000 ft	CONC	left	ILS
5R	44.7°	50.8°	matches	9,000 ft	ASPH	right	CLOSED

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KTYS ☆ Mc Ghee Tyson