KPHL Runway 08/26 — Philadelphia International Airport
5,001 × 150 ft asphalt · true headings 076° / 256° · field elevation 36 ft
Runway 08/26 at Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL) in Philadelphia, PA is 5,001 ft long and 150 ft wide, asphalt, with true headings 076° and 256°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 08 the headwind 34.4% of the time and runway 26 65.6%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 2.2% of wind hours. KPHL 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 08/26 — 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 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 08/26 at KPHL. 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.
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 KPHL
As stated by the airport’s D-ATIS — the facility’s own broadcast, not an estimate.
This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 0054Z (8:54 PM EDT).
Show the D-ATIS text
PHL ARR INFO I 0154Z. 02006KT 10SM FEW060 SCT120 SCT300 24/14 A3010 (THREE ZERO ONE ZERO) RMK AO2 SLP191 T02390139. ARRIVALS EXPECT ILS Z RWY 9R APCH. NOTAMS... ILS RWY 27R OTS, RY 27R PAPI OTS. TWY Z CLSD BTN, TWY, J AND TWY K . .. TWY S CLSD BTN, TWY, Y AND TWY S6 . .. TWY Y CLSD, BTN RWY, 27L AND TWY S . TWY S7 CLSD, TWY S 9 CLOSED, TWY S10 CLOSED . TWY D CLSD BTN RWY 27R AND RWY 35. TWY S CLSD BTN RWY 27R AND RWY 35.RUNWAY 9R HOLDING PAD CLSD. TWY Y CLSD BTN RWY 27L AND UPS RAMP. TOWER FREQ 118.5 FOR ALL RUNWAYS. ADZ GATE ASSIGNMENT TO APPROACH CTL ON INITIAL CTC. LIGHTED CRANE 180 FT AGL 1500 FT SOUTH OF RWY, 27L, LIGHTED CRANE 100 FT AGL 100' FT SOUTH OF RWY, 27L. RUNWAY 27 LEFT HOLD SHORT SIGNS UNLIT BETWEEN YANKEE AND SIERRA 1. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO I.
PHL DEP INFO V 0154Z. 02006KT 10SM FEW060 SCT120 SCT300 24/14 A3010 (THREE ZERO ONE ZERO) RMK AO2 SLP191 T02390139. DEPG 9L, RWY 8. NOTAMS... RY 27R PAPI OTS. TWY Z CLSD BTN, TWY, J AND TWY K . .. TWY S CLSD BTN, TWY, Y AND TWY S6 . .. TWY Y CLSD, BTN RWY, 27L AND TWY S . TWY S7 CLSD, TWY S 9 CLOSED, TWY S10 CLOSED . TWY D CLSD BTN RWY 27R AND RWY 35. TWY S CLSD BTN RWY 27R AND RWY 35.RUNWAY 9R HOLDING PAD CLSD. TWY Y CLSD BTN RWY 27L AND UPS RAMP. TOWER FREQ 118.5 FOR ALL RUNWAYS. LIGHTED CRANE 180 FT AGL 1500 FT SOUTH OF RWY, 27L, LIGHTED CRANE 100 FT AGL 100' FT SOUTH OF RWY, 27L. RUNWAY 27 LEFT HOLD SHORT SIGNS UNLIT BETWEEN YANKEE AND SIERRA 1. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO V.
Current wind on Runway 08/26
Wind from the north (010°) at 6 kt
- Headwind
- 2 kt
- Crosswind
- 5 ktfrom left
- Tailwind
- 2 kt
- Crosswind
- 5 ktfrom right
Wind-favored runway at KPHL right now: 35 (5 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 KPHL is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.
| Time | Likely runway | Confidence | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now0229Z · 10:29 PM EDT | 09Ractive · D-ATIS stated by D-ATIS | stated | 010° at 6 kt |
| +1 h0329Z · 11:29 PM EDT | 35then 09R | Low53% | 020° at 6 kt |
| +2 h0429Z · 12:29 AM EDT | 35then 09R | Low50% | 020° at 6 kt |
| +3 h0529Z · 1:29 AM EDT | 35then 09R | Low47% | 020° at 6 kt |
| +6 h0829Z · 4:29 AM EDT | 35then 09R | Low38% | 020° at 6 kt |
| +12 h1429Z · 10:29 AM EDT | 09Rthen 09L | Low20% | 060° 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 2320Z (7:20 PM EDT).
- 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 (13 programs) · since 09/18 1004Z · until further notice · by ZTL — approval request — departures need a release time
- APREQ → KDTW (3 programs) · since 09/18 1450Z · until further notice · by ZOB — approval request — departures need a release time
- APREQ → KATL (2 programs) · since 09/18 2304Z · until further notice · by ZTL — approval request — departures need a release time
- APREQ → KCLT · since 09/18 1004Z · until further notice · by ZTL — approval request — departures need a release time
Restrictions on departures from KPHLtoward 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 08/26 overview
Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.
- Length
- 5,001 ft
- Width
- 150 ft
- Surface
- Asphalt
- Runway lights
- Lighted
- Airport elevation
- 36 ft
- FAA record status
- Open
- True heading
- 076°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 087°
- FAA record
- Open
- True heading
- 256°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 267°
- FAA record
- Open
Runway 08/26 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 11.8°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 KPHL — last 30 days
How often the D-ATIS named each end for arrivals and departures (the facility's own statement).
ATIS Alerts records every change of KPHL's D-ATIS and turns it into a log of which runways the facility named for arrivals and departures. Recording started Sep 18, 2026 — 10 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 08/26
20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.
From 175,229 hourly observations at KPHL (2005–2025), 157,587 with a steady wind direction (10.1% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.
Crosswind on runway 08/26 (either end)
| Crosswind (kt) | Share of wind hours |
|---|---|
| 0–5 | 57.9% |
| 5–10 | 30.9% |
| 10–15 | 8.9% |
| 15–20 | 1.9% |
| 20–25 | 0.3% |
| 25+ | 0% |
Strongest-crosswind month on average: Mar; calmest: Aug. Percentiles are streaming approximations (t-digest), accurate to about 0.1 kt.
Runway 08
Runway 26
“Wind-favored” counts the hours this end had the most headwind of every open runway at KPHL — 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 from | Share of wind hours | 08 favored | 26 favored | Mean crosswind | Crosswind > 15 kt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N 338–023° | 12% | 0% | 0% | 8.4 kt | 5.3% |
| NE 023–068° | 10% | 38.6% | 0% | 4 kt | 0.3% |
| E 068–113° | 10% | 21.5% | 0% | 1.6 kt | 0% |
| SE 113–158° | 5% | 0% | 0% | 4.9 kt | 0.6% |
| S 158–203° | 14% | 0% | 0% | 6.5 kt | 1.9% |
| SW 203–248° | 17% | 0% | 40.4% | 4 kt | 0.1% |
| W 248–293° | 18% | 0% | 15.2% | 3.1 kt | 0.1% |
| NW 293–338° | 15% | 0% | 0% | 8.6 kt | 8.4% |
By time of day (airport-local)
Seasonal runway conditions
| Month | Mean crosswind (kt) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 kt |
| Feb | 5.8 kt |
| Mar | 6.5 kt |
| Apr | 5.8 kt |
| May | 4.6 kt |
| Jun | 4.7 kt |
| Jul | 4.7 kt |
| Aug | 4.5 kt |
| Sep | 4.6 kt |
| Oct | 5.1 kt |
| Nov | 5.4 kt |
| Dec | 5.1 kt |
| Month | Prevailing | Mean wind | Gusty | Mean xw | xw > 10 | xw > 15 | xw > 20 | 08 tail > 5 | 26 tail > 5 | IFR | TS | Fog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | W | 8.6 kt | 16.6% | 5.7 kt | 15.3% | 3.9% | 0.7% | 45.4% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 0.01% | 10% |
| Feb | W | 8.8 kt | 17.7% | 5.8 kt | 16% | 4% | 0.6% | 43.4% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 0.03% | 11.2% |
| Mar | NW | 9.2 kt | 20.8% | 6.5 kt | 20.6% | 5.3% | 1.1% | 36.7% | 16% | 8.2% | 0.08% | 8.5% |
| Apr | W | 8.9 kt | 19.9% | 5.8 kt | 15.9% | 3.5% | 0.3% | 35.4% | 18.8% | 6.7% | 0.47% | 6.6% |
| May | SW | 7.6 kt | 11% | 4.6 kt | 7.7% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 30.1% | 21.1% | 8.7% | 0.71% | 7.5% |
| Jun | SW | 7.3 kt | 9.1% | 4.7 kt | 6.7% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 33.9% | 12.9% | 4.7% | 1.47% | 4.7% |
| Jul | SW | 6.7 kt | 6% | 4.7 kt | 4.6% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 33.6% | 7.8% | 2.2% | 1.79% | 3.3% |
| Aug | SW | 6.5 kt | 6.2% | 4.5 kt | 4.3% | 0.2% | 0% | 27.1% | 12.8% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Sep | NE | 6.7 kt | 9% | 4.6 kt | 6.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 19.1% | 22.9% | 5.5% | 0.43% | 5.4% |
| Oct | W | 7.5 kt | 13.1% | 5.1 kt | 11% | 1.8% | 0.2% | 32.6% | 16.7% | 6.4% | 0.13% | 7.2% |
| Nov | W | 7.8 kt | 13.8% | 5.4 kt | 12.9% | 2.5% | 0.3% | 38.6% | 11.3% | 5.2% | 0.05% | 7% |
| Dec | W | 8 kt | 14.5% | 5.1 kt | 11.9% | 2.4% | 0.5% | 43% | 9.9% | 11.5% | 0.03% | 12.9% |
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 08/26 closure history
Runway NOTAM history begins when the NOTAM feed goes live (next phase).
D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 08 closed on 0 days and runway 26 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 08/26
From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.
Runway 08
No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.
Runway 26
- ILSILS OR LOC RWY 26 ↗precision
- RNAV (GPS)RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 ↗
2 departure procedures · 7 STARs · FAA hot spots 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 (KPHL 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 4 min ago; the tower TFDM feed last delivered 2 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.
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