KVBT Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thaden Fld

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. Weather observation is 7890 minutes old — treat with caution. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now Class E

Wind calm · VFR · 7890 min old

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18 27% 5053 ft

36 27% 5053 ft

17 23% 2448 ft

35 23% 2448 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 18

PRIOR runway length 5053 ft +0.07

Runway 36

PRIOR runway length 5053 ft +0.07

Runway 17

PRIOR runway length 2448 ft -0.07

Runway 35

PRIOR runway length 2448 ft -0.07

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	7890 min
ADSB	WARMING_UP	4651 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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KVBT field & runways

Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thaden Fld, Bentonville, Arkansas. Field elevation 1298 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 1.0°E on record, 0.9°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 0.071°/year west — about 1° every 14 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
17	180.4°	179.6°	runway 18 by the rule today · 9.6° past	2,448 ft	TURF
18	180.4°	179.6°	matches	5,053 ft	ASPH	left
35	0.4°	359.6°	runway 36 by the rule today · 9.6° past	2,448 ft	TURF
36	0.4°	359.6°	matches	5,053 ft	ASPH	left

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KVBT ☆ Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thaden Fld