KBNA Runway 13/31 — Nashville International Airport

Name: KBNA Runway 13/31 wind climatology 2005–2025
Creator: ATIS Alerts

11,030 × 150 ft asphalt · true headings 133° / 313° · field elevation 599 ft

Runway 13/31 at Nashville International Airport (KBNA) in Nashville, TN is 11,030 ft long and 150 ft wide, asphalt, with true headings 133° and 313°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 13 the headwind 54.1% of the time and runway 31 45.9%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 0.7% of wind hours. KBNA publishes a digital ATIS, so this page shows the runway the tower is actually using right now and builds a record of how often each end is assigned.

Runway 13/31 — current status

NO CLOSURE REPORTED

The current D-ATIS names no closure, restriction or outage for it. No received NOTAM closes or restricts this runway, but the NOTAM stream has no complete initial load yet — verify NOTAMs before flight.

Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · FAA NOTAMs · D-ATIS · D-ATIS 0153Z (8:53 PM CDT). Runway NOTAMs stream live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service (SWIM); the official text is shown verbatim below the card. Always confirm with a current briefing.

No received NOTAM currently names runway 13/31 at KBNA. NOTAMs are received live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service through SWIM and recorded since Sep 19, 2026; a NOTAM issued before that and not re-issued since may be missing. Get a full briefing before flight.

Current active runways at KBNA

As stated by the tower — its TFDM surface system and its D-ATIS broadcast. Not an estimate.

Information Alfa · 0153Z (8:53 PM CDT)

Tower configuration (TFDM)

“SOUTH” · updated recently

Arrivals

20L20R

Departures

20L20C

Airport rates: 69 arrivals / 69 departures per hour. In effect since 2026-09-15 1233Z (7:33 AM CDT).

D-ATIS broadcast

Arrivals

02C02R

Departures

02L

This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 1653Z (11:53 AM CDT).

Show the D-ATIS text

BNA ATIS INFO A 0153Z. 32005KT 10SM FEW090 32/17 A3008 (THREE ZERO ZERO EIGHT). SIMUL, VISUAL APCHS RWY 2C, RWY 2R IN USE. DEPG RWY 2L. CLEARANCE FREQUENCY IS 121.9. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. TWY A1 CLSD, . TWY T6 CLSD BTN TWY, 31 AND TWY K, . TWY T4 CLSD BTN TWY, S6 AND TWY U3, . TWY T5 CLSD BTN TWY, K AND TWY T4. RY 2C SFL OTS. BIRD ACTIVITY IN VCY OF ARPT. ATTENTION DEPARTING AIRCRAFT NEW SID ALTITUDE RESTRICTIONS IN EFFECT. REVIEW PUBLISHED PROCEDURES. UAS ACTIVITIES BNA20001 SFC TO 200FT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO A.

Current wind on Runway 13/31

Wind from the northwest (310°) at 5 kt

METAR 0153Z (8:53 PM CDT)

Runway 13

Tailwind: 5 kt
Crosswind: 0 kt

Runway 31

FAVORED BY WIND

Headwind: 5 kt
Crosswind: 0 kt

Components use TRUE runway headings and TRUE METAR wind. “Favored by wind” is arithmetic, not an ATC assignment.

ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway

Which runway at KBNA is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.

Time	Likely runway	Confidence	Wind
Now0230Z · 9:30 PM CDT	20L and 20Ractive · tower TFDM stated by the tower (TFDM)	stated	310° at 5 kt
+1 h0330Z · 10:30 PM CDT	20L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	300° at 4 kt
+2 h0430Z · 11:30 PM CDT	20L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	300° at 4 kt
+3 h0530Z · 12:30 AM CDT	20L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	300° at 4 kt
+6 h0830Z · 3:30 AM CDT	20L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	300° at 4 kt
+12 h1430Z · 9:30 AM CDT	20L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	300° at 4 kt

ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the TAF wind forecast and runway geometry (most headwind, crosswind penalised, tailwind over 5 kt avoided, longest runway breaks ties). It is not an ATC assignment and does not know about noise abatement, traffic flow or construction unless the D-ATIS states them. TAF issued 2320Z (6:20 PM CDT).

Tower demand plan (TFDM) · 0230Z–0445Z33 arrivals · 25 departures expected at KBNA

20Carr 0 dep 2520Rarr 20 dep 020Larr 13 dep 013arr 0 dep 031arr 0 dep 0

Counts the tower's surface system expects per runway over the next two hours — the tower's plan, not an ATIS Alerts estimate and not an ATC assignment. A runway with zero expected demand is not in the plan for that period. During a runway change the plan can lag the configuration above for a few minutes (flights already assigned to the old runways stay counted there until reassigned).

Traffic management restrictions at KBNA (tower TFDM)as of 0216Z

GDP → DEN · since 09/18 2200Z · by DCC · Weather:Thunderstorms: — ground delay program
GDP → SAN · since 09/19 0000Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program
GDP → SFO · since 09/19 0200Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program
APREQ → KDTW (24 programs) · since 09/18 1812Z · until further notice · by ZOB — approval request — departures need a release time
APREQ → KDEN (15 programs) · since 09/18 2209Z · until further notice · by ZDV — approval request — departures need a release time
APREQ → KORD (2 programs) · since 08/20 0156Z · until further notice · by ZTL — approval request — departures need a release time
APREQ → MMUN · since 09/03 0200Z · until further notice · by ZTL — approval request — departures need a release time

Restrictions on departures from KBNAtoward the named airports or fixes, as recorded by the tower's surface system; they change the departure flow, not the runway in use. Not an FAA product.

Runway 13/31 overview

Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.

Length: 11,030 ft
Width: 150 ft
Surface: Asphalt
Runway lights: Lighted
Airport elevation: 599 ft
FAA record status: Open

Runway 13

True heading: 133°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 138°
FAA record: Open

Runway 31

True heading: 313°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 318°
FAA record: Open

Runway 13/31 numbers are magnetic; the stored geometry and every wind calculation on this page are TRUE north, so they never need a variation correction. Magnetic variation here is about 4.3°W (World Magnetic Model). Displaced thresholds, declared distances (TORA/TODA/ASDA/LDA), approach lighting, PAPI/VASI, ILS equipment and traffic-pattern direction are FAA NASR fields not yet loaded — they are omitted rather than guessed.

Recorded runway use at KBNA — last 30 days

How often the tower's TFDM configuration listed each end for arrivals and departures (the tower's own statement, via FAA SWIM).

Over the last 30 days ATIS Alerts captured 86 hours of stated runway configuration at KBNA (3.6 days, 1 configuration change). Shares are the fraction of those hours in which the tower's TFDM system listed each end.

Runway 13

Arrivals: 0% (0 h)
Departures: 0% (0 h)

Runway 31

Arrivals: 0% (0 h)
Departures: 0% (0 h)

Recorded arrival share of runway 13 and 31 by wind direction at the time of each D-ATIS configuration
Wind from	Hours	13 arrivals	31 arrivals	13 departures	31 departures
Calm / light (< 5 kt)	86	0%	0%	0%	0%

night (24 h)

13 arr 0% · 31 arr 0%

morning (23 h)

13 arr 0% · 31 arr 0%

afternoon (24 h)

13 arr 0% · 31 arr 0%

evening (15 h)

13 arr 0% · 31 arr 0%

Time of day is airport-local.This is the facility's stated configuration, not an estimate from wind.

Historical wind and crosswind on runway 13/31

20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.

From 175,267 hourly observations at KBNA (2005–2025), 140,015 with a steady wind direction (20.1% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.

Crosswind on runway 13/31 (either end)

Mean crosswind

4.6 kt

median 3.9 kt

90th / 95th percentile

8.9 / 10.7 kt

max 54.5 kt

Above 10 kt

6.6%

> 15 kt: 0.7% · > 20 kt: 0.1%

Gust crosswind > 15 kt

6.4%

90th pct gust 11.5 kt

Strongest-crosswind month on average: Mar; calmest: Aug. Percentiles are streaming approximations (t-digest), accurate to about 0.1 kt.

Runway 13

Headwind

54.1%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

17.9%

> 10 kt: 2.9%

Wind-favored end

15.2%

most headwind of all runways

Runway 31

Headwind

45.9%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

14.8%

> 10 kt: 2.5%

Wind-favored end

21.8%

most headwind of all runways

“Wind-favored” counts the hours this end had the most headwind of every open runway at KBNA — wind arithmetic, not an ATC assignment (parallel runways with the same heading share the credit equally). Recorded D-ATIS use, where available, is the section above.

By wind direction

Wind-favored share of runway 13 and 31 by wind sector, 2005–2025
Wind from	Share of wind hours	13 favored	31 favored	Mean crosswind	Crosswind > 15 kt
N 338–023°	17%	0%	18.4%	5.1 kt	0.1%
NE 023–068°	8%	0%	0%	6.2 kt	0.4%
E 068–113°	6%	75.3%	0%	3.6 kt	0%
SE 113–158°	7%	100%	0%	1.1 kt	0%
S 158–203°	31%	13%	0%	5.3 kt	1.5%
SW 203–248°	10%	0%	0%	6.6 kt	1.2%
W 248–293°	10%	0%	83.3%	4.4 kt	0.2%
NW 293–338°	10%	0%	100%	1.3 kt	0%

By time of day (airport-local)

morning

13 favored 16.2% · 31 21.8%

mean crosswind 4.9 kt · calm 21.5%

afternoon

13 favored 14.2% · 31 25.2%

mean crosswind 5.4 kt · calm 13%

evening

13 favored 16.1% · 31 19.6%

mean crosswind 4.2 kt · calm 14.5%

night

13 favored 14.9% · 31 19.9%

mean crosswind 3.9 kt · calm 27.2%

Seasonal runway conditions

Monthly wind and weather statistics for runway 13/31 at KBNA, 2005–2025
Month	Prevailing	Mean wind	Gusty	Mean xw	xw > 10	xw > 15	xw > 20	13 tail > 5	31 tail > 5	IFR	TS	Fog
Jan	S	6.6 kt	14.8%	4.6 kt	7%	0.7%	0%	26.5%	15.3%	8.8%	0.23%	10.2%
Feb	S	7 kt	17.2%	5.1 kt	9.9%	1.4%	0.1%	27%	16%	9.2%	0.41%	10.3%
Mar	S	7.2 kt	20.1%	5.3 kt	12.1%	1.3%	0.1%	22.1%	19.9%	5.6%	0.73%	7.1%
Apr	S	6.8 kt	20.6%	5.3 kt	11.1%	1.4%	0.1%	19.3%	20.9%	3%	1.13%	4.4%
May	S	5.5 kt	11.8%	4.5 kt	6.1%	0.4%	0%	13.3%	16.3%	3.3%	1.55%	4.8%
Jun	S	4.9 kt	8.6%	4.4 kt	3.9%	0.2%	0%	12.3%	10.6%	1.7%	1.65%	2.7%
Jul	S	4.4 kt	5.1%	4.1 kt	2.6%	0.1%	0%	10.7%	7.4%	1.5%	2.25%	3.3%
Aug	S	4.3 kt	3.9%	4 kt	2.4%	0.1%	0%	10.8%	9%	2.1%	1.49%	3.3%
Sep	S	4.4 kt	5.1%	4.1 kt	3.4%	0.1%	0%	11.6%	10.4%	3.3%	0.72%	5.3%
Oct	S	5.1 kt	8.9%	4.2 kt	4.7%	0.3%	0.1%	17.5%	14.2%	5.1%	0.3%	5.7%
Nov	S	5.7 kt	11.1%	4.4 kt	6.4%	0.6%	0%	19.8%	16%	5.7%	0.19%	7.3%
Dec	S	6.3 kt	13.4%	4.7 kt	7.9%	1.1%	0.1%	20.2%	18.7%	9.6%	0.19%	10.9%

IFR, thunderstorm (TS) and fog columns are airport-wide shares of hours; the crosswind and tailwind columns are specific to this runway. Prevailing = most common 45° wind sector among wind hours.

Runway 13/31 closure history

Runway NOTAM history begins when the NOTAM feed goes live (next phase).

D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 15, 2026 declared runway 13 closed on 0 days and runway 31 closed on 0 days in the last 30 days. Scheduled and unscheduled closure NOTAMs, with start and end times and the official text, will appear here once ATIS Alerts records runway NOTAMs; there is no retrievable archive, so history accrues from that date forward.

Instrument approaches to runway 13/31

From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.

Runway 13

RNAV (GPS)RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 ↗

Runway 31

20 departure procedures · 9 STARs · FAA hot spots page ↗ · FAA d-TPP cycle 2610. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.

Methodology and sources

Short version below; the full write-up is at Runway Intelligence methodology, and every launched airport is listed on the Runway Intelligence hub.

Active runwayscome first from the tower's TFDM (Terminal Flight Data Manager) airport configuration, received as structured data through the FAA SWIM Cloud Distribution Service at towers that have it (KBNA does); otherwise from the airport's D-ATIS text (community relay of the FAA broadcast) with an open, tested parser, and the broadcast text is always shown. Every change is recorded, so “recorded use” is what the facility stated, never an inference. ATIS Alerts is not an FAA product and this is not FAA data; SWIM content is for non-operational use.
Wind components use the current METAR (aviationweather.gov) against TRUE runway headings from the OurAirports/FAA runway record.
Runway visual range, tower demand and traffic-management restrictions come from FAA SWIM: STDDS Airport Data (RVR and light settings, about 130 airports) and TFDM (15-minute runway demand, APREQ/MIT restrictions). Each block is stamped with its own time; none of it is an FAA product or a clearance.
Predicted runway scores each open end from the TAF wind (headwind, crosswind penalty, tailwind avoidance, longest-runway tie-break); confidence falls with forecast distance, gusts and TAF age. It does not model noise abatement or flow programs.
Climatology: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive, one observation per hour, 45° wind sectors, percentiles via t-digest; runway geometry is today's record applied to all years. Methodology v1.
Approaches: FAA d-TPP metafile, current charting cycle; plates link to aeronav.faa.gov. No minimums are reproduced.
Data freshness: METAR and D-ATIS refresh every minute on this page; the D-ATIS recorder ran 0 min ago; the tower TFDM feed last delivered 14 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.

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Crosswind (kt)	Share of wind hours
0–5	64.3%
5–10	29.1%
10–15	6%
15–20	0.6%
20–25	0%
25+	0%