KRNO Runway 17R/35L — Reno Tahoe International Airport

Oct 27, 2026 (airport-local day): 2 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. 07:03Z12:03 AM PDT(in effect since before the day began)

   14.9 h
   Arrivals

   17R

   Departures

   17R
   ATIS: Yankee → Zulu → Alfa → Bravo → Charlie → Delta → Echo → Foxtrot → Golf → Hotel → India → Juliett → Kilo → Lima → Mike → November → Oscar → Papa → QuebecSouth flowIn effect at the start of the day
2. 21:55Z2:55 PM PDT
   Arrivals

   35L17R

   Departures

   35L
   Arrivals +35L · Departures +35L −17R
3. 21:55Z2:55 PM PDT

   2.4 h · current
   Arrivals

   35L2617R

   Departures

   35L26
   ATIS: Romeo → Sierra → Tango → Uniform → Victor → Whiskey → X-rayMixed configurationArrivals +26 · Departures +26

Time · runway 17R/35L · airport-wide outlook · confidence · forecast wind · why

1. Now0018Z · 5:18 PM PDT·17R/35L: 17R and 35L in use·Current airport configuration (D-ATIS): arrivals 35L · 26 · 17R · departures 35L · 26·stated·wind 290° at 17 kt G26
2. +1 h0118Z · 6:18 PM PDT·17R/35L: not favored·airport-wide likely 26 then 35L·West flow·13 kt headwind, 5 kt crosswind·High 95%·wind 290° at 14 kt G22·Why TAF forecast wind 290° at 14 kt gusting 22 favors west-facing runway ends: 13 kt headwind and 5 kt crosswind on 26 versus 5 kt headwind on 35L.|The airport is already using 35L, 26 and 17R (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|Runway 35R is excluded: stated closed.|Recorded use with wind from the west favored 17R (100% of 51 h (D-ATIS)), not 26 — local practice may override wind.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+1 h).
3. +2 h0218Z · 7:18 PM PDT·17R/35L: not favored·airport-wide likely 26 then 35L·West flow·13 kt headwind, 5 kt crosswind·High 94%·wind 290° at 14 kt G22·Why TAF forecast wind 290° at 14 kt gusting 22 favors west-facing runway ends: 13 kt headwind and 5 kt crosswind on 26 versus 5 kt headwind on 35L.|The airport is already using 35L, 26 and 17R (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|Runway 35R is excluded: stated closed.|Recorded use with wind from the west favored 17R (100% of 51 h (D-ATIS)), not 26 — local practice may override wind.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+2 h).
4. +3 h0318Z · 8:18 PM PDT·17R/35L: not favored·airport-wide likely 26 then 35L·West flow·13 kt headwind, 5 kt crosswind·High 91%·wind 290° at 14 kt G22·Why TAF forecast wind 290° at 14 kt gusting 22 favors west-facing runway ends: 13 kt headwind and 5 kt crosswind on 26 versus 5 kt headwind on 35L.|The airport is already using 35L, 26 and 17R (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|Runway 35R is excluded: stated closed.|Recorded use with wind from the west favored 17R (100% of 51 h (D-ATIS)), not 26 — local practice may override wind.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+3 h).
5. +6 h0618Z · 11:18 PM PDT·17R/35L: 17R likely·airport-wide likely 17R·South 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, 17R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 35L, 26 and 17R.|Runway 35R is excluded: stated closed.
6. +12 h1218Z · 5:18 AM PDT·17R/35L: 17R likely·airport-wide likely 17R·South 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, 17R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 35L, 26 and 17R.|Runway 35R is excluded: stated closed.

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 (718 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 2338Z (4:38 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.

The FAA record does not sectorize KRNO'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

11,001 ft

Width

150 ft

Surface

Concrete · Good condition

Surface treatment

Grooved

Weight bearing (lb)

S 75k · D 185k · 2D 350k · 2D/2D2 850k

PCN

917

Runway lights

Lighted

Airport elevation

4,415 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 17R/35L 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, 13.0°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 — 718 hours of D-ATIS runway configuration history collected · 9 distinct configurations observed · 848 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 KRNO is a separate module. 90-day, 12-month and seasonal views appear once the record is long enough.

RNO UA /OV KRNO/TM 2331/FL080/TP E75L/TB LGT-MOD BLO 080/RM LLWS +/-10KTS DURD RWY35L. ENTERED BY ZOA FDCS

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

10 departure procedures · 11 STARs · FAA d-TPP cycle 2611. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.