U86 Fairfield/Frostenson Airfield
Runway 8 — favored by the wind (12 kt at 70° 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. No ADS-B traffic data available.
certainty: 90% evidence: WEAK no tower now
Wind 070° true at 12 kt · VFR · 38 min old · from KGNG (25.6 nm away)
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Why — evidence behind this answer
Runway 8
- WIND 11 kt headwind, 4 kt left crosswind 38 min ago +2.00
Runway 26
- WIND 11 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt right crosswind 38 min ago -16.52
Sources consulted
| source | status | age | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| D_ATIS | UNAVAILABLE | No D-ATIS at this field | |
| METAR | OK | 38 min | Nearest station KGNG (25.6 nm away) |
| 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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U86 field & runways
Fairfield/Frostenson Airfield, Fairfield, Idaho. Field elevation 5058 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 17.0°E on record, 12.1°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 0.097°/year west — about 1° every 10 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.
| Runway | True | Magnetic | Number | Length | Surface | Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 269.8° | 257.7° | matches | 2,950 ft | DIRT | left | |
| 8 | 89.8° | 77.7° | matches | 2,950 ft | DIRT | right |
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