T73 Kirk Air Base

UNKNOWN

No runway-in-use estimate is possible here

The FAA's NASR data publishes no runway alignment for this field, so there is nothing to compute a wind component against and no way to tell which end an aircraft used. What is known about the field is below.

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. No weather observation available.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

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05W 14% 4400 ft

23W 14% 4400 ft

16W 12% 3000 ft

34W 12% 3000 ft

15 12% 2600 ft

33 12% 2600 ft

11W 12% 2245 ft

29W 12% 2245 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 05W

PRIOR runway length 4400 ft +0.08

Runway 23W

PRIOR runway length 4400 ft +0.08

Runway 15

PRIOR runway length 2600 ft -0.03

Runway 33

PRIOR runway length 2600 ft -0.03

Runway 11W

PRIOR runway length 2245 ft -0.06

Runway 29W

PRIOR runway length 2245 ft -0.06

Sources consulted

source	status	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE	No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	UNAVAILABLE	No weather observation found
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE	No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED	Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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T73 field & runways

Kirk Air Base, Lancaster, South Carolina. Field elevation 578 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 5.0°W on record, 8.1°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 0.039°/year west — about 1° every 26 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	Number	Length	Surface
05W	not published	—	4,400 ft	WATER
11W	not published	—	2,245 ft	WATER
15	not published	—	2,600 ft	ASPH
16W	not published	—	3,000 ft	WATER
23W	not published	—	4,400 ft	WATER
29W	not published	—	2,245 ft	WATER
33	not published	—	2,600 ft	ASPH
34W	not published	—	3,000 ft	WATER

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T73 ☆ Kirk Air Base