KOMA Runway 18/36 — Eppley Airfield

Oct 28, 2026 (airport-local day): 0 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. 05:08Z12:08 AM CDT(in effect since before the day began)

   5.5 h · current
   Arrivals

   14R14L18

   Departures

   not stated
   ATIS: X-ray → Yankee → Zulu → Alfa → Bravo → CharlieIn effect at the start of the day

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

1. Now1038Z · 5:38 AM CDT·18/36: 18 in use·Current airport configuration (D-ATIS): arrivals 14R · 14L · 18 · departures -·stated·wind not forecast
2. +1 h1138Z · 6:38 AM CDT·18/36: not favored·airport-wide likely 14R then 14L·Southeast flow·8 kt headwind, 1 kt crosswind·Low 55%·wind 150° at 8 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 150° at 8 kt favors southeast-facing runway ends: 8 kt headwind and 1 kt crosswind on 14R versus 8 kt headwind on 14L.|The airport is already using 14R, 14L and 18 (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|No known runway closure prevents this configuration.|Recorded use with wind from the southeast: 14L was named for arrivals 98% of 89 h (D-ATIS).|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+1 h).
3. +2 h1238Z · 7:38 AM CDT·18/36: not favored·airport-wide likely 14R then 14L·Southeast flow·8 kt headwind, 1 kt crosswind·Low 52%·wind 150° at 8 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 150° at 8 kt favors southeast-facing runway ends: 8 kt headwind and 1 kt crosswind on 14R versus 8 kt headwind on 14L.|The airport is already using 14R, 14L and 18 (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|No known runway closure prevents this configuration.|Recorded use with wind from the southeast: 14L was named for arrivals 98% of 89 h (D-ATIS).|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+2 h).
4. +3 h1338Z · 8:38 AM CDT·18/36: not favored·airport-wide likely 14R then 14L·Southeast flow·8 kt headwind, 1 kt crosswind·Low 49%·wind 150° at 8 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 150° at 8 kt favors southeast-facing runway ends: 8 kt headwind and 1 kt crosswind on 14R versus 8 kt headwind on 14L.|The airport is already using 14R, 14L and 18 (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|No known runway closure prevents this configuration.|Recorded use with wind from the southeast: 14L was named for arrivals 98% of 89 h (D-ATIS).|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+3 h).
5. +6 h1638Z · 11:38 AM CDT·18/36: 18 likely·airport-wide likely 18 then 14R·South flow·14 kt headwind, 0 kt crosswind·Medium 62%·wind 180° at 14 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 180° at 14 kt favors south-facing runway ends: 14 kt headwind and 0 kt crosswind on 18 versus 11 kt headwind on 14R.|The airport is already using 14R, 14L and 18 (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|No known runway closure prevents this configuration.|Recorded use with wind from the south: 18 was named for arrivals 98% of 225 h (D-ATIS).|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+6 h).
6. +12 h2238Z · 5:38 PM CDT·18/36: 18 likely·airport-wide likely 18 then 14R·South flow·8 kt headwind, 7 kt crosswind·Low 51%·wind 220° at 11 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 220° at 11 kt favors southwest-facing runway ends: 8 kt headwind and 7 kt crosswind on 18 versus 3 kt headwind on 14R.|The airport is already using 14R, 14L and 18 (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|No known runway closure prevents this configuration.|Recorded use under this wind is not shown yet: 15 of the 24 h needed.|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 0527Z (12:27 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.

The current D-ATIS does not state LAHSO in effect. Source: FAA NASR cycle 2026-10-01; D-ATIS text read by ATIS Alerts.

The FAA record does not sectorize KOMA's frequencies by runway; every row applies airport-wide. Source: FAA NASR FRQ, cycle 2026-10-01. Verify on the current chart supplement before use.

Length

8,154 ft

Width

150 ft

Surface

Partially concrete/asphalt · Excellent condition

Surface treatment

Grooved

Weight bearing (lb)

S 150k · D 175k · 2D 260k

PCN

848

Runway lights

Lighted

Airport elevation

984 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 18/36 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, 2.0°E (2020), 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 · 22 distinct configurations observed · 948 D-ATIS broadcasts recorded · through Oct 28, 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 KOMA is a separate module. 90-day, 12-month and seasonal views appear once the record is long enough.

1 departure procedure · 6 STARs · FAA hot spots page ↗ · FAA d-TPP cycle 2611. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.