KDFW Runway 18R/36L — Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Oct 29, 2026 (airport-local day): 2 configuration changes since local midnight, from the D-ATIS broadcasts ATIS Alerts recorded. A change is a different arrival or departure set; a new ATIS letter with the same runways is folded into the row it belongs to. The history section below counts the same way over rolling windows.

1. 05:09Z12:09 AM CDT(in effect since before the day began)

   5.7 h
   Arrivals

   18R17C

   Departures

   18R17R
   ATIS: Echo → Foxtrot → Golf → Hotel → India → Juliett → KiloSouth flowIn effect at the start of the day
2. 10:53Z5:53 AM CDT

   1.0 h
   Arrivals

   18R17C17L

   Departures

   18R17R
   ATIS: Kilo → LimaSouth flowArrivals +17L
3. 11:53Z6:53 AM CDT

   1.0 h · current
   Arrivals

   13R18R17C17L

   Departures

   18R17R
   ATIS: Lima → MikeMixed configurationFlow changed: South → Mixed configuration · Arrivals +13R

Time · runway 18R/36L · airport-wide outlook · confidence · forecast wind · why

1. Now1254Z · 7:54 AM CDT·18R/36L: 18R in use·Current airport configuration (D-ATIS): arrivals 13R · 18R · 17C · 17L · departures 18R · 17R·stated·wind not forecast
2. +1 h1354Z · 8:54 AM CDT·18R/36L: not favored·airport-wide likely 17C then 17L·South flow·8 kt headwind, 3 kt crosswind·Low 32%·wind 160° at 9 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 160° at 9 kt favors south-facing runway ends: 8 kt headwind and 3 kt crosswind on 17C versus 8 kt headwind on 17L.|The airport is already using 13R, 18R, 17C and 17L (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|Runway 18L is excluded: stated closed.|Recorded use with wind from the south favored 18R (89% of 192 h (D-ATIS)), not 17C — local practice may override wind.|A TEMPO group is in effect at this hour (confidence lowered).|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+1 h).
3. +2 h1454Z · 9:54 AM CDT·18R/36L: not favored·airport-wide likely 17C then 17L·South flow·8 kt headwind, 3 kt crosswind·Low 34%·wind 160° at 9 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 160° at 9 kt favors south-facing runway ends: 8 kt headwind and 3 kt crosswind on 17C versus 8 kt headwind on 17L.|The airport is already using 13R, 18R, 17C and 17L (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|Runway 18L is excluded: stated closed.|Recorded use with wind from the south favored 18R (89% of 192 h (D-ATIS)), not 17C — local practice may override wind.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+2 h).
4. +3 h1554Z · 10:54 AM CDT·18R/36L: not favored·airport-wide likely 17C then 17L·South flow·8 kt headwind, 3 kt crosswind·Low 31%·wind 160° at 9 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 160° at 9 kt favors south-facing runway ends: 8 kt headwind and 3 kt crosswind on 17C versus 8 kt headwind on 17L.|The airport is already using 13R, 18R, 17C and 17L (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|Runway 18L is excluded: stated closed.|Recorded use with wind from the south favored 18R (89% of 192 h (D-ATIS)), not 17C — local practice may override wind.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+3 h).
5. +6 h1854Z · 1:54 PM CDT·18R/36L: not favored·airport-wide likely 17C then 17L·South flow·8 kt headwind, 3 kt crosswind·Low 22%·wind 160° at 9 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 160° at 9 kt favors south-facing runway ends: 8 kt headwind and 3 kt crosswind on 17C versus 8 kt headwind on 17L.|The airport is already using 13R, 18R, 17C and 17L (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|Runway 18L is excluded: stated closed.|Recorded use with wind from the south favored 18R (89% of 192 h (D-ATIS)), not 17C — local practice may override wind.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+6 h).
6. +12 h0054Z · 7:54 PM CDT·18R/36L: not favored·airport-wide likely 17C then 17L·South flow·7 kt headwind, 0 kt crosswind·Low 20%·wind 180° at 7 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 180° at 7 kt favors south-facing runway ends: 7 kt headwind and 0 kt crosswind on 17C versus 7 kt headwind on 17L.|The airport is already using 13R, 18R, 17C and 17L (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|Runway 18L is excluded: stated closed.|Recorded use with wind from the south favored 18R (89% of 192 h (D-ATIS)), not 17C — local practice may override wind.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+12 h).

ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the TAF wind forecast, runway geometry (most headwind, crosswind penalised, tailwind over 5 kt avoided, longest runway breaks ties), the current stated configuration and any stated closures; recorded D-ATIS use since Sep 18, 2026 (720 h) is an input wherever a wind sector has 24 h on record. Each row lists its reasons; “no runway favored” is a genuine answer under variable or light wind, never replaced by a guess. It is not an ATC assignment and does not know about noise abatement or traffic flow unless the recorded history shows them. TAF issued 1120Z (6:20 AM CDT).

Source: FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle effective 2026-10-01 (equipment on record) · FAA NOTAMs via SWIM (live)and the current D-ATIS (outages). “Not available” means the FAA record lists no such equipment for the end; nothing here is inferred. An outage annotation is only ever a reading of the official text shown with it. Declared distances are not shown in this phase.

A hold-short point on record means LAHSO can be conducted to this end; it is active only when ATC says so. The current D-ATIS does not state LAHSO in effect. Source: FAA NASR cycle 2026-10-01; D-ATIS text read by ATIS Alerts.

Rows marked “Runway 18R/36L” are sectorized to this runway complex in the FAA record; “Airport-wide” rows serve every runway. Source: FAA NASR FRQ, cycle 2026-10-01. Verify on the current chart supplement before use.

Length

13,400 ft

Width

150 ft

Surface

Concrete · Good condition

Surface treatment

Grooved

Weight bearing (lb)

S 120k · D 250k · 2D 490k · 2D/2D2 985k

PCN

1540

Runway lights

Lighted

Airport elevation

606 ft

Published FAA baseline

Open

Published NASR record; does not reflect temporary closures or restrictions. Current operational status is the card at the top of the page.

Runway 18R/36L numbers are magnetic; the stored geometry and every wind calculation on this page are TRUE north, so they never need a variation correction. Magnetic headings use the FAA's published variation for this airport, 4.0°E (2015), the same value printed on the FAA airport diagram. Surface condition, treatment, weight bearing, thresholds and traffic pattern are from the FAA NASR record (cycle 2026-10-01); lighting, ILS and LAHSO are in their own sections above. Declared distances are not shown in this phase.

Runway percentages are measured independently. Multiple runways can be active simultaneously, so totals may exceed 100%.

Observed runway usage — 720 hours of D-ATIS runway configuration history collected · 45 distinct configurations observed · 1,672 D-ATIS broadcasts recorded · through Oct 29, 2026. Shares are the fraction of recorded hours in which the D-ATIS named each end. Wind sectors use the wind reported when each configuration began. Nothing here is inferred from wind; the wind-favored analysis for KDFW is a separate module. 90-day, 12-month and seasonal views appear once the record is long enough.

56 departure procedures · 39 STARs · LAHSO page ↗ · FAA d-TPP cycle 2611. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.