KIND Runway 05R/23L — Indianapolis International Airport

Name: KIND Runway 05R/23L wind climatology 2005–2025
Creator: ATIS Alerts

10,000 × 150 ft concrete · true headings 045° / 225° · field elevation 797 ft

Runway 05R/23L at Indianapolis International Airport (KIND) in Indianapolis, IN is 10,000 ft long and 150 ft wide, concrete, with true headings 045° and 225°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 05R the headwind 37.8% of the time and runway 23L 62.2%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 2.3% of wind hours. KIND 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 05R/23L — current status

EQUIPMENT OUTAGE (D-ATIS)

ILS RUNWAY 5R AND RUNWAY 5L INNER MARKER UNSERVICEABLE.

Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · FAA NOTAMs · D-ATIS · D-ATIS 0154Z (9:54 PM EDT). 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 05R/23L at KIND. 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.

Runway visual rangeSTDDS 0225Z (10:25 PM EDT)

05R TDZ 6000+ ↑ · MID 6000+ ↑ · RO 6000+ ↑ · lights edge 1 / CL 1

23L TDZ 6000+ ↑ · MID 6000+ ↑ · RO 6000+ ↑ · lights edge 1 / CL 1

Feet, touchdown / midpoint / rollout; 6000+ is the reportable maximum and "off" means the sensor is not reporting (runway not in use). Light settings 0 (off) to 5. Runway lights are on. Not an FAA product; verify with the current METAR and ATIS.

Current active runways at KIND

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

Information Victor · 0154Z (9:54 PM EDT)

Tower configuration (TFDM)

“5” · updated recently

Arrivals

05R05L

Departures

05R05L

Airport rates: 52 arrivals / 52 departures per hour. In effect since 2026-09-18 1016Z (6:16 AM EDT).

D-ATIS broadcast

Arrivals

05R05L

Departures

05L

This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 1654Z (12:54 PM EDT).

Show the D-ATIS text

IND ATIS INFO V 0154Z. 11008KT 10SM FEW050 BKN140 BKN200 BKN250 24/20 A3012 (THREE ZERO ONE TWO). PARL ILS RWY 5R AND 5L APPROACHES IN USE. CROSS RUNWAY OPERATIONS MAY BE IN EFFECT. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. TWY, C BTN TWY, C4 AND TWY C10 CLSD, TWY U , TWY C7 , TWY C8 , TWY C9 , TWY C10 , CLSD. AIR CARRIERS EXPECT RWY 5L FOR DEPARTURE. ILS RUNWAY 5R AND RUNWAY 5L INNER MARKER UNSERVICEABLE. SOUTHWEST ENTRANCE EYE EM SEE CLSD. HIWAS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO V.

Current wind on Runway 05R/23L

Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 8 kt

METAR 0154Z (9:54 PM EDT)

Runway 05R

FAVORED BY WIND

Headwind: 3 kt
Crosswind: 7 ktfrom right

Runway 23L

Tailwind: 3 kt
Crosswind: 7 ktfrom left

Wind-favored runway at KIND right now: 14 (7 kt headwind) — a different runway than this one.

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 KIND is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.

Time	Likely runway	Confidence	Wind
Now0233Z · 10:33 PM EDT	05R and 05Lactive · tower TFDM stated by the tower (TFDM)	stated	110° at 8 kt
+1 h0333Z · 11:33 PM EDT	05L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	120° at 4 kt
+2 h0433Z · 12:33 AM EDT	05L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	120° at 4 kt
+3 h0533Z · 1:33 AM EDT	05L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	120° at 4 kt
+6 h0833Z · 4:33 AM EDT	05L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	120° at 4 kt
+12 h1433Z · 10:33 AM EDT	14then 23R	Low53%	150° at 8 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 0220Z (10:20 PM EDT).

Tower demand plan (TFDM) · 0230Z–0445Z25 arrivals · 2 departures expected at KIND

05Rarr 2 dep 223Larr 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 KIND (tower TFDM)as of 0227Z

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 (4 programs) · since 09/18 0230Z · until further notice · by ZAU — approval request — departures need a release time
APREQ → KGRB · since 09/19 0201Z · until further notice · by ZAU — approval request — departures need a release time
APREQ → KYIP · since 09/19 0201Z · until further notice · by ZAU — approval request — departures need a release time

Restrictions on departures from KINDtoward 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 05R/23L overview

Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.

Length: 10,000 ft
Width: 150 ft
Surface: Concrete
Runway lights: Lighted
Airport elevation: 797 ft
FAA record status: Open

Runway 05R

True heading: 045°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 050°
FAA record: Open

Runway 23L

True heading: 225°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 230°
FAA record: Open

Runway 05R/23L 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 4.9°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 KIND — 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).

ATIS Alerts records every change of KIND's tower TFDM configuration and turns it into a log of which runways the facility named for arrivals and departures. Recording started Sep 18, 2026 — 16 hours captured so far. Usage statistics appear once 24 hours are on record, and become meaningful after a few weeks.

Historical wind and crosswind on runway 05R/23L

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

From 175,301 hourly observations at KIND (2005–2025), 162,558 with a steady wind direction (7.3% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.

Crosswind on runway 05R/23L (either end)

Mean crosswind

5.3 kt

median 4.6 kt

90th / 95th percentile

10.8 / 12.9 kt

max 56.2 kt

Above 10 kt

11.7%

> 15 kt: 2.3% · > 20 kt: 0.3%

Gust crosswind > 15 kt

5.8%

90th pct gust 11.8 kt

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

Runway 05R

Headwind

37.8%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

33.4%

> 10 kt: 11.4%

Wind-favored end

8.5%

most headwind of all runways

Runway 23L

Headwind

62.2%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

14.9%

> 10 kt: 2.9%

Wind-favored end

17.2%

most headwind of all runways

“Wind-favored” counts the hours this end had the most headwind of every open runway at KIND — 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 05R and 23L by wind sector, 2005–2025
Wind from	Share of wind hours	05R favored	23L favored	Mean crosswind	Crosswind > 15 kt
N 338–023°	10%	22.9%	0%	5.6 kt	1.3%
NE 023–068°	8%	50%	0%	1.4 kt	0%
E 068–113°	10%	20.8%	0%	5.2 kt	0.3%
SE 113–158°	10%	0%	0%	7.4 kt	2%
S 158–203°	16%	0%	22.9%	5.7 kt	0.7%
SW 203–248°	17%	0%	50.1%	1.6 kt	0%
W 248–293°	17%	0%	27.8%	6.9 kt	4.6%
NW 293–338°	11%	0%	0%	9.1 kt	9.3%

By time of day (airport-local)

morning

05R favored 8.8% · 23L 17.4%

mean crosswind 5.2 kt · calm 8.5%

afternoon

05R favored 6.2% · 23L 19.1%

mean crosswind 6.3 kt · calm 7.9%

evening

05R favored 8.2% · 23L 15.7%

mean crosswind 5.4 kt · calm 3.8%

night

05R favored 10% · 23L 16.3%

mean crosswind 4.7 kt · calm 7.6%

Seasonal runway conditions

Monthly wind and weather statistics for runway 05R/23L at KIND, 2005–2025
Month	Prevailing	Mean wind	Gusty	Mean xw	xw > 10	xw > 15	xw > 20	05R tail > 5	23L tail > 5	IFR	TS	Fog
Jan	W	9.5 kt	11.1%	6.2 kt	16.9%	3.4%	0.5%	44.3%	10.1%	15.5%	0.09%	15.6%
Feb	W	9.5 kt	12.7%	6.2 kt	17.3%	4.3%	0.6%	35.3%	15.5%	12%	0.27%	13.9%
Mar	W	9.7 kt	15.5%	6.3 kt	18.2%	3.8%	0.5%	30.9%	22.3%	7.9%	0.73%	9.6%
Apr	W	9.6 kt	18.3%	6.4 kt	18.3%	4.2%	0.6%	33.8%	18.7%	5.3%	1.53%	6.9%
May	S	8 kt	11.7%	5.1 kt	9.8%	1.4%	0.2%	31.4%	17.2%	4.6%	1.65%	6.5%
Jun	SW	7.5 kt	9.5%	4.5 kt	6.9%	1.1%	0.1%	36.9%	12.8%	3.6%	2.61%	5.2%
Jul	SW	6.6 kt	5.8%	4 kt	4.1%	0.4%	0.1%	31.7%	12.7%	3.3%	2.03%	5%
Aug	SW	6.4 kt	5.2%	4.1 kt	4%	0.3%	0.1%	24.3%	16%	2.9%	1.6%	4.4%
Sep	S	6.7 kt	6.8%	4.2 kt	4.8%	0.6%	0%	22.1%	20.3%	4.4%	0.88%	5.8%
Oct	S	8 kt	10.2%	5.3 kt	10.9%	1.8%	0.3%	33.5%	14.5%	5.3%	0.42%	6.1%
Nov	W	8.4 kt	10.8%	5.8 kt	14%	2.5%	0.3%	35.7%	10%	7.8%	0.19%	10.1%
Dec	W	8.9 kt	10.3%	5.9 kt	14.3%	3%	0.4%	39.6%	9.6%	15.4%	0.11%	17.4%

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 05R/23L closure history

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

D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 05R closed on 0 days and runway 23L 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 05R/23L

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

Runway 05R

ILSILS OR LOC RWY 05R ↗precision
ILSILS RWY 05R (CAT II - III) ↗precision
ILSILS RWY 05R (SA CAT I) ↗precision
RNAV (GPS)RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 05R ↗
RNAV (RNP)RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 05R ↗

Runway 23L

11 departure procedures · 13 STARs · 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 (KIND 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 3 min ago; the tower TFDM feed last delivered 6 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.

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Crosswind (kt)	Share of wind hours
0–5	56.1%
5–10	32.2%
10–15	9.5%
15–20	1.9%
20–25	0.3%
25+	0%