W78 William M Tuck

WIND_INFERRED 70%

Runway 1 — favored by the wind (4 kt at 350° 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: 70% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 350° true at 4 kt · VFR · 26 min old · from KTDF (26.4 nm away)

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1 71% 4003 ft · 4 kt head, 0 kt x-left

19 29% 4003 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-right

24 CLOSED 2065 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-right

6 CLOSED 2065 ft · 2 kt head, 3 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 6/24 until 12-31 23:59Z

RWY 06/24 CLSD

LIGHTING RWY 1 until 01-20 21:11Z

RWY 01 PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 19 until 01-18 21:11Z

RWY 19 RWY END ID LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 1

WIND 4 kt headwind, 0 kt left crosswind 26 min ago +0.20

Runway 19

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt right crosswind 26 min ago -0.69

Runway 24

NOTAM 24 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2359Z 31 Dec

Runway 6

NOTAM 6 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2359Z 31 Dec

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	26 min	Nearest station KTDF (26.4 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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W78 field & runways

William M Tuck, South Boston, Virginia. Field elevation 420 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 8.0°W on record, 9.4°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 0.018°/year west — about 1° every 56 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
1	356.7°	6.1°	matches	4,003 ft	ASPH	left
19	176.7°	186.1°	matches	4,003 ft	ASPH	left
24	228.3°	237.7°	matches	2,065 ft	TURF	left	CLOSED
6	48.3°	57.7°	matches	2,065 ft	TURF	left	CLOSED

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W78 ☆ William M Tuck