KRSW Runway 06/24 — Southwest Florida International Airport

Name: KRSW Runway 06/24 wind climatology 2005–2025
Creator: ATIS Alerts

12,000 × 150 ft asphalt · true headings 054° / 234° · field elevation 30 ft

Runway 06/24 at Southwest Florida International Airport (KRSW) in Fort Myers, FL is 12,000 ft long and 150 ft wide, asphalt, with true headings 054° and 234°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 06 the headwind 67.6% of the time and runway 24 32.4%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 0.3% of wind hours. KRSW 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 06/24 — current status

EQUIPMENT OUTAGE (D-ATIS)

GS RWY 6 OTS, ILS RWY 6 DME OTS, RWY 6 RAIL OTS, RSW VOR OTS, NUMEROUOS AIRFIELD LIGHTING NON STANDARD.
RWY 24 PAPI OTS.

Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · FAA NOTAMs · D-ATIS · D-ATIS 0153Z (9:53 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 06/24 at KRSW. 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 KRSW

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

Information Tango · 0153Z (9:53 PM EDT)

Tower configuration (TFDM)

“Runway_24” · updated recently

Arrivals

Departures

Airport rates: 25 arrivals / 25 departures per hour. In effect since 2026-05-14 1220Z (8:20 AM EDT).

D-ATIS broadcast

Arrivals

Departures

not stated

This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 1653Z (12:53 PM EDT).

Show the D-ATIS text

RSW ATIS INFO T 0153Z. 07006KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3001 (THREE ZERO ZERO ONE) RMK AO2 SLP160 T02330217. VISUAL APPROACH RWY 6 IN USE. CD AND GC COMBINED ON 121.9. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. TWY F1, TWY F2 CLSD, TWY G1 CLSD, TAXIWAY GOLF 2 CLOSED TO AIRCRAFT WINGSPAN MORE THAN 118 FEET. TWY, F BTN, F1 AND G2 CLSD. GS RWY 6 OTS, ILS RWY 6 DME OTS, RWY 6 RAIL OTS, RSW VOR OTS, NUMEROUOS AIRFIELD LIGHTING NON STANDARD.RWY 24 PAPI OTS. NUMEROUS CRANES INVOF THE AIRPORT. HAZD WX FOR THE RSW AREA AVBL ON FLIGHT SVC FREQS. WIND SHEAR ADZYS IN EFCT. CAUTION, BIRDS AND WILDLIFE ON AND IN THE VCNTY OF KRSW. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO T.

Current wind on Runway 06/24

Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 6 kt

METAR 0153Z (9:53 PM EDT)

Runway 06

FAVORED BY WIND

Headwind: 6 kt
Crosswind: 2 ktfrom right

Runway 24

Tailwind: 6 kt
Crosswind: 2 ktfrom left

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 KRSW 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	24active · tower TFDM stated by the tower (TFDM)	stated	070° at 6 kt
+1 h0329Z · 11:29 PM EDT	24 calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	070° at 4 kt
+2 h0429Z · 12:29 AM EDT	24 calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	070° at 4 kt
+3 h0529Z · 1:29 AM EDT	24 calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	070° at 4 kt
+6 h0829Z · 4:29 AM EDT	24 calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	070° at 4 kt
+12 h1429Z · 10:29 AM EDT	24 calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind	Low55%	070° at 4 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 2336Z (7:36 PM EDT).

Tower demand plan (TFDM) · 0215Z–0430Z7 arrivals · 1 departures expected at KRSW

24arr 7 dep 106arr 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 KRSW (tower TFDM)as of 0220Z

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 → KORD (2 programs) · since 07/09 0156Z · until further notice · by ZID — approval request — departures need a release time
APREQ → MMUN · since 09/03 0200Z · until further notice · by ZTL — approval request — departures need a release time

Restrictions on departures from KRSWtoward 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 06/24 overview

Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.

Length: 12,000 ft
Width: 150 ft
Surface: Asphalt
Runway lights: Lighted
Airport elevation: 30 ft
FAA record status: Open

Runway 06

True heading: 054°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 061°
FAA record: Open

Runway 24

True heading: 234°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 241°
FAA record: Open

Runway 06/24 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 6.5°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 KRSW — 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).

Over the last 30 days ATIS Alerts captured 720 hours of stated runway configuration at KRSW (30.0 days, 1 configuration change). Shares are the fraction of those hours in which the tower's TFDM system listed each end.

Runway 06

Arrivals: 0% (0 h)
Departures: 0% (0 h)

Runway 24

Arrivals: 100% (720 h)
Departures: 100% (720 h)

Recorded arrival share of runway 06 and 24 by wind direction at the time of each D-ATIS configuration
Wind from	Hours	06 arrivals	24 arrivals	06 departures	24 departures
Calm / light (< 5 kt)	720	0%	100%	0%	100%

night (240 h)

06 arr 0% · 24 arr 100%

morning (180 h)

06 arr 0% · 24 arr 100%

afternoon (180 h)

06 arr 0% · 24 arr 100%

evening (120 h)

06 arr 0% · 24 arr 100%

Time of day is airport-local.This is the facility's stated configuration, not an estimate from wind.

Historical wind and crosswind on runway 06/24

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

From 174,068 hourly observations at KRSW (2005–2025), 142,826 with a steady wind direction (17.9% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.

Crosswind on runway 06/24 (either end)

Mean crosswind

3.7 kt

median 3 kt

90th / 95th percentile

7.7 / 9.3 kt

max 48.5 kt

Above 10 kt

3.6%

> 15 kt: 0.3% · > 20 kt: 0%

Gust crosswind > 15 kt

90th pct gust 8.5 kt

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

Runway 06

Headwind

67.6%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

13.5%

> 10 kt: 4.2%

Wind-favored end

67.6%

most headwind of all runways

Runway 24

Headwind

32.4%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

27.6%

> 10 kt: 5.6%

Wind-favored end

32.4%

most headwind of all runways

“Wind-favored” counts the hours this end had the most headwind of every open runway at KRSW — 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 06 and 24 by wind sector, 2005–2025
Wind from	Share of wind hours	06 favored	24 favored	Mean crosswind	Crosswind > 15 kt
N 338–023°	11%	100%	0%	4.5 kt	0.1%
NE 023–068°	21%	100%	0%	1.2 kt	0%
E 068–113°	26%	100%	0%	3.9 kt	0.1%
SE 113–158°	10%	76.7%	23.3%	6.4 kt	1.1%
S 158–203°	8%	0%	100%	6.2 kt	1.5%
SW 203–248°	9%	0%	100%	1.6 kt	0%
W 248–293°	8%	0%	100%	3.6 kt	0%
NW 293–338°	6%	22.5%	77.5%	6.1 kt	0.8%

By time of day (airport-local)

morning

06 favored 74.4% · 24 25.6%

mean crosswind 4.1 kt · calm 16.7%

afternoon

06 favored 50.6% · 24 49.4%

mean crosswind 4.6 kt · calm 11.4%

evening

06 favored 59.4% · 24 40.6%

mean crosswind 3.5 kt · calm 13.8%

night

06 favored 81.8% · 24 18.2%

mean crosswind 2.8 kt · calm 25.9%

Seasonal runway conditions

Monthly wind and weather statistics for runway 06/24 at KRSW, 2005–2025
Month	Prevailing	Mean wind	Gusty	Mean xw	xw > 10	xw > 15	xw > 20	06 tail > 5	24 tail > 5	IFR	TS	Fog
Jan	NE	6.4 kt	8.3%	4.2 kt	5.1%	0.6%	0%	12.2%	29.6%	6.8%	0.22%	6.1%
Feb	E	6.4 kt	8%	4.2 kt	5.3%	0.4%	0%	17.4%	23.2%	7.1%	0.09%	6.1%
Mar	E	6.8 kt	12.2%	4.3 kt	6.5%	0.5%	0%	18%	26.8%	2.8%	0.15%	3.4%
Apr	E	6.9 kt	12.4%	4.3 kt	5.2%	0.2%	0%	20.1%	25.4%	1.6%	0.69%	2.3%
May	E	6.3 kt	9.7%	4 kt	3.4%	0.2%	0%	18.2%	25.6%	1.6%	1.76%	2.5%
Jun	E	5.4 kt	5.8%	3.5 kt	2.8%	0.3%	0%	18.3%	16.7%	2%	4.54%	2.7%
Jul	E	4.6 kt	3.4%	3.3 kt	2%	0.2%	0%	15.9%	11.9%	1.4%	5.74%	1.7%
Aug	E	4.9 kt	4.4%	3.4 kt	2.6%	0.4%	0.1%	14.8%	18%	1.4%	5.44%	2%
Sep	E	5.2 kt	4.6%	3.1 kt	1.8%	0.4%	0.2%	9.1%	26.6%	2.3%	3.33%	2.3%
Oct	NE	6.5 kt	7.5%	3.2 kt	1.9%	0.2%	0%	6.3%	45.9%	1.7%	0.49%	1.6%
Nov	NE	6.3 kt	7.6%	3.4 kt	2.3%	0.2%	0%	4.8%	43.3%	4.1%	0.08%	3.2%
Dec	NE	6 kt	6.1%	3.7 kt	3.5%	0.2%	0%	8.6%	33.6%	6.7%	0.08%	6.2%

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 06/24 closure history

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

D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since May 14, 2026 declared runway 06 closed on 0 days and runway 24 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 06/24

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

Runway 06

Runway 24

5 departure procedures · 5 STARs · 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 (KRSW 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 9 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.

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Crosswind (kt)	Share of wind hours
0–5	74.3%
5–10	22.2%
10–15	3.3%
15–20	0.3%
20–25	0%
25+	0%