KLAS Runway 08R/26L — Harry Reid International Airport

Name: KLAS Runway 08R/26L wind climatology 2005–2025
Creator: ATIS Alerts

10,526 × 150 ft asphalt · true headings 090° / 270° · field elevation 2,181 ft

Runway 08R/26L at Harry Reid International Airport (KLAS) in Las Vegas, NV is 10,526 ft long and 150 ft wide, asphalt, with true headings 090° and 270°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 08R the headwind 28.8% of the time and runway 26L 63.7%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 4.2% of wind hours. KLAS 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 08R/26L — 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 0156Z (6:56 PM PDT). 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 08R/26L at KLAS. 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 KLAS

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

Information Echo · 0156Z (6:56 PM PDT)

Tower configuration (TFDM)

“01_Config1_VMC” · updated recently

Arrivals

19R26L

Departures

19L19R26R26L

Airport rates: 56 arrivals / 110 departures per hour. In effect since 2026-09-18 0403Z (9:03 PM PDT).

D-ATIS broadcast

Arrivals

26L19R

Departures

26R19R19L

This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 1656Z (9:56 AM PDT).

Show the D-ATIS text

LAS ATIS INFO E 0156Z. 24012G19KT 10SM CLR 32/00 A2989 (TWO NINER EIGHT NINER). VISUAL APPROACHES IN USE. LANDING RWYS 26L AND 19R. DEPG RWYS 26R, 19R AND 19L. SIMUL APCHS TO CROSSING AND PARALLEL RUNWAYS IN USE, CONVERGING RUNWAY OPERATIONS IN EFFECT. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. CHECK DENSITY ALTITUDE. CD COMBINED ON 121.1, GC COMBINED ON 121.1, HELICOPTOR CONTROL OPEN ON 123.82. HELICOPTERS OVER THE STRIP AT 3000. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO E.

Current wind on Runway 08R/26L

Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 12 kt, gusting 19 kt

METAR 0156Z (6:56 PM PDT)

Runway 08R

Tailwind: 11 kt
Crosswind: 4 ktfrom right
Gust crosswind: 6 kt

Runway 26L

FAVORED BY WIND

Headwind: 11 kt
Crosswind: 4 ktfrom left
Gust crosswind: 6 kt

Wind-favored runway at KLAS right now: 26R (11 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 KLAS is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.

Time	Likely runway	Confidence	Wind
Now0232Z · 7:32 PM PDT	19R and 26Lactive · tower TFDM stated by the tower (TFDM)	stated	250° at 12 kt G19
+1 h0332Z · 8:32 PM PDT	- no TAF for this airport	-	-
+2 h0432Z · 9:32 PM PDT	- no TAF for this airport	-	-
+3 h0532Z · 10:32 PM PDT	- no TAF for this airport	-	-
+6 h0832Z · 1:32 AM PDT	- no TAF for this airport	-	-
+12 h1432Z · 7:32 AM PDT	- no TAF for this airport	-	-

ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the current wind (no TAF is published for this airport) 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.

Tower demand plan (TFDM) · 0230Z–0445Z95 arrivals · 56 departures expected at KLAS

26Larr 91 dep 026Rarr 0 dep 5219Rarr 2 dep 408Rarr 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 KLAS (tower TFDM)as of 0221Z

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

Restrictions on departures from KLAStoward 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 08R/26L overview

Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.

Length: 10,526 ft
Width: 150 ft
Surface: Asphalt
Runway lights: Lighted
Airport elevation: 2,181 ft
FAA record status: Open

Runway 08R

True heading: 090°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 079°
FAA record: Open

Runway 26L

True heading: 270°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 259°
FAA record: Open

Runway 08R/26L 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 11.0°E (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 KLAS — 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 KLAS'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 — 23 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 08R/26L

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

From 175,128 hourly observations at KLAS (2005–2025), 140,884 with a steady wind direction (19.6% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.

Crosswind on runway 08R/26L (either end)

Mean crosswind

6.1 kt

median 5 kt

90th / 95th percentile

12.2 / 14.6 kt

max 116 kt

Above 10 kt

17.3%

> 15 kt: 4.2% · > 20 kt: 0.5%

Gust crosswind > 15 kt

16.1%

90th pct gust 18.8 kt

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

Runway 08R

Headwind

28.8%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

17.1%

> 10 kt: 4%

Wind-favored end

most headwind of all runways

Runway 26L

Headwind

63.7%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

8.5%

> 10 kt: 1%

Wind-favored end

6.7%

most headwind of all runways

“Wind-favored” counts the hours this end had the most headwind of every open runway at KLAS — 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 08R and 26L by wind sector, 2005–2025
Wind from	Share of wind hours	08R favored	26L favored	Mean crosswind	Crosswind > 15 kt
N 338–023°	8%	0%	0%	9.6 kt	16.9%
NE 023–068°	8%	12.9%	0%	5.3 kt	1%
E 068–113°	7%	50%	0%	1.2 kt	0%
SE 113–158°	4%	32.1%	0%	4.1 kt	0.1%
S 158–203°	34%	0%	0%	7.9 kt	5.2%
SW 203–248°	27%	0%	6.5%	5.9 kt	2.7%
W 248–293°	7%	0%	50%	1.3 kt	0%
NW 293–338°	4%	0%	31.6%	7.1 kt	6.6%

By time of day (airport-local)

morning

08R favored 8.1% · 26L 4.5%

mean crosswind 6.2 kt · calm 29.8%

afternoon

08R favored 11.6% · 26L 5.6%

mean crosswind 6.5 kt · calm 24.5%

evening

08R favored 4.4% · 26L 9.6%

mean crosswind 5.8 kt · calm 10.6%

night

08R favored 1.9% · 26L 7.4%

mean crosswind 5.9 kt · calm 12.6%

Seasonal runway conditions

Monthly wind and weather statistics for runway 08R/26L at KLAS, 2005–2025
Month	Prevailing	Mean wind	Gusty	Mean xw	xw > 10	xw > 15	xw > 20	08R tail > 5	26L tail > 5	IFR	TS	Fog
Jan	SW	5.1 kt	8.8%	5 kt	11.1%	3%	0.3%	9.5%	8%	0.5%	0.03%	0.7%
Feb	S	6.1 kt	14.6%	5.8 kt	16.7%	4.4%	0.5%	14.9%	9%	0.2%	0.03%	0.3%
Mar	S	7.4 kt	22.9%	6.8 kt	22.6%	6.2%	0.9%	22.2%	9.2%	0%	0.05%	0.1%
Apr	S	8.2 kt	27.8%	7.3 kt	25.8%	8.3%	1%	26.1%	11%	0%	0.11%	0%
May	S	7.9 kt	27.3%	7.2 kt	24.4%	6.6%	0.7%	24.9%	10.3%	0%	0.25%	0.1%
Jun	S	7.9 kt	27.1%	7.3 kt	25.3%	5.2%	0.4%	24%	6.9%	0%	0.19%	0%
Jul	S	6.9 kt	19.4%	6.3 kt	15.8%	2%	0.1%	17.4%	8.6%	0%	1.54%	0%
Aug	S	6.6 kt	17.3%	6 kt	14.6%	1.8%	0.2%	16%	8.5%	0%	1.05%	0.1%
Sep	S	5.9 kt	12.8%	5.4 kt	11%	2.2%	0.4%	14%	9.1%	0%	0.74%	0%
Oct	S	5.7 kt	12.2%	5.5 kt	13.9%	3.7%	0.6%	11.8%	9.4%	0%	0.35%	0.1%
Nov	SW	5.3 kt	10.1%	5.2 kt	12.5%	3.5%	0.4%	10.7%	6.2%	0.2%	0.01%	0.3%
Dec	SW	4.9 kt	9.2%	5 kt	12.4%	3.5%	0.4%	10.4%	5.1%	0.5%	0%	0.8%

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 08R/26L closure history

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

D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 08R closed on 0 days and runway 26L 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 08R/26L

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

Runway 08R

RNAV (RNP)RNAV (RNP) RWY 08R ↗

Runway 26L

Circling / other approaches at KLAS

VORVOR/DME-A ↗

23 departure procedures · 20 STARs · FAA hot spots page ↗ · LAHSO 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 (KLAS 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 2 min ago; the tower TFDM feed last delivered 11 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.

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Crosswind (kt)	Share of wind hours
0–5	49.7%
5–10	32.5%
10–15	13.5%
15–20	3.9%
20–25	0.5%
25+	0.1%

Month	Mean crosswind (kt)
Jan	5.0 kt
Feb	5.8 kt
Mar	6.8 kt
Apr	7.3 kt
May	7.2 kt
Jun	7.3 kt
Jul	6.3 kt
Aug	6.0 kt
Sep	5.4 kt
Oct	5.5 kt
Nov	5.2 kt
Dec	5.0 kt