ND29 Flying M Ranch

WIND_INFERRED 70%

Runway 36 — favored by the wind (4 kt at 160° true)

Based on wind only — 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: 70% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 160° true at 4 kt · VFR · 15 min old · from KGFK (18.2 nm away)

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36 71% 2549 ft · 4 kt head, 1 kt x-left

18 29% 2549 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 36

WIND 4 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 15 min ago +0.20

Runway 18

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 15 min ago -0.69

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	15 min	Nearest station KGFK (18.2 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	4628 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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ND29 field & runways

Flying M Ranch, Hatton, North Dakota. Field elevation 997 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 0.05°/year west — about 1° every 20 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
18	0.0°	357.2°	runway 36 by the rule today · 177.2° past	2,549 ft	TURF
36	180.0°	177.2°	runway 18 by the rule today · 177.2° past	2,549 ft	TURF

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