KPDX Runway 10L/28R — Portland International Airport

Oct 28, 2026 (airport-local day): 4 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. 07:07Z12:07 AM PDT(in effect since before the day began)

   7.8 h
   Arrivals

   28R28L

   Departures

   not stated
   ATIS: India → Juliett → Kilo → Lima → Mike → November → Oscar → Papa → Quebec → Romeo → Sierra → TangoNorthwest flowIn effect at the start of the day
2. 14:53Z7:53 AM PDT

   1.0 h
   Arrivals

   28L

   Departures

   not stated
   ATIS: UniformNorthwest flowArrivals −28R
3. 15:53Z8:53 AM PDT

   2.5 h
   Arrivals

   28L28R

   Departures

   not stated
   ATIS: Victor → Whiskey → X-ray → YankeeNorthwest flowArrivals +28R
4. 18:25Z11:25 AM PDT

   0.5 h
   Arrivals

   28R

   Departures

   not stated
   ATIS: ZuluNorthwest flowArrivals −28L
5. 18:53Z11:53 AM PDT

   8.0 h · current
   Arrivals

   28R28L

   Departures

   not stated
   ATIS: Alfa → Bravo → Charlie → Delta → Echo → Foxtrot → Golf → Hotel → India → JuliettNorthwest flowArrivals +28L

Time · runway 10L/28R · airport-wide outlook · confidence · forecast wind · why

1. Now0252Z · 7:52 PM PDT·10L/28R: 28R in use·Current airport configuration (D-ATIS): arrivals 28R · 28L · departures -·stated·wind calm
2. +1 h0352Z · 8:52 PM PDT·10L/28R: 28R likely·airport-wide likely 28R·Northwest flow·Low 55%·wind VRB at 4 kt·Why TAF wind variable at 4 kt: no steady direction, so wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 28R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 28R and 28L.
3. +2 h0452Z · 9:52 PM PDT·10L/28R: 28R likely·airport-wide likely 28R·Northwest flow·Low 55%·wind VRB at 4 kt·Why TAF wind variable at 4 kt: no steady direction, so wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 28R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 28R and 28L.
4. +3 h0552Z · 10:52 PM PDT·10L/28R: 28R likely·airport-wide likely 28R·Northwest flow·Low 55%·wind VRB at 4 kt·Why TAF wind variable at 4 kt: no steady direction, so wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 28R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 28R and 28L.
5. +6 h0852Z · 1:52 AM PDT·10L/28R: 28R likely·airport-wide likely 28R·Northwest flow·Low 55%·wind VRB at 4 kt·Why TAF wind variable at 4 kt: no steady direction, so wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 28R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 28R and 28L.
6. +12 h1452Z · 7:52 AM PDT·10L/28R: not favored·airport-wide likely 10R then 10L·Southeast flow·5 kt headwind, 0 kt crosswind·Low 20%·wind 120° at 5 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 120° at 5 kt favors southeast-facing runway ends: 5 kt headwind and 0 kt crosswind on 10R versus 5 kt headwind on 10L.|This would be a change from the current 28R and 28L configuration.|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 2321Z (4:21 PM PDT).

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.

Rows marked “Runway 10L/28R” 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

9,825 ft

Width

150 ft

Surface

Asphalt · Excellent condition

Surface treatment

Grooved

Weight bearing (lb)

S 200k · D 200k · 2D 400k

PCN

2270

Runway lights

Lighted

Airport elevation

31 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 10L/28R 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, 16.0°E (2010), 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 · 12 distinct configurations observed · 985 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 KPDX is a separate module. 90-day, 12-month and seasonal views appear once the record is long enough.

PDX UA /OV KPDX100006/TM 2318/FLUNKN/TP PC12/SK BKN040-TOPUNKN/RM DURD RY28R PDX

Official PIREPs from aviationweather.gov, past 6 hours, shown only when the report names this runway explicitly. Unverified pilot reports; not for operational use.

7 departure procedures · 9 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.