MN46 Michels Farms

PROBABLE 68%

Runway 9 — 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.

certainty: 68% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 120° true at 8 kt · VFR · 23 min old · from KMKT (9.5 nm away)

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9 68% 2992 ft · 7 kt head, 4 kt x-right

18 31% 2147 ft · 4 kt head, 7 kt x-left

36 1% 2147 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-right

27 <1% 2992 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 9

WIND 7 kt headwind, 4 kt right crosswind 23 min ago +1.32
PRIOR runway length 2992 ft +0.03

Runway 18

WIND 4 kt headwind, 7 kt left crosswind 23 min ago +0.61
PRIOR runway length 2147 ft -0.03

Runway 36

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt right crosswind 23 min ago -3.04
PRIOR runway length 2147 ft -0.03

Runway 27

WIND 7 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt left crosswind 23 min ago -7.57
PRIOR runway length 2992 ft +0.03

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	23 min	Nearest station KMKT (9.5 nm away)
ADSB	OK	14 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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MN46 field & runways

Michels Farms, North Mankato, Minnesota. Field elevation 1000 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Private use.

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 0.048°/year west — about 1° every 21 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
18	180.2°	179.6°	matches	2,147 ft	TURF
27	269.8°	269.2°	matches	2,992 ft	TURF	left
36	0.2°	359.6°	matches	2,147 ft	TURF
9	89.8°	89.2°	matches	2,992 ft	TURF	left

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MN46 ☆ Michels Farms