KSNA Runway 02L/20R — John Wayne Orange County International Airport

Oct 27, 2026 (airport-local day): 1 configuration change 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. 13:05Z6:05 AM PDT

   1.1 h
   Arrivals

   20R

   Departures

   20R20L
   ATIS: Lima → MikeSouthwest flowFirst configuration of the day
2. 14:14Z7:14 AM PDT

   12.6 h · current
   Arrivals

   20R20L

   Departures

   20R20L
   ATIS: Oscar → Papa → Quebec → Romeo → Sierra → Tango → Uniform → Victor → Whiskey → X-ray → Yankee → Zulu → Alfa → Bravo → Charlie → DeltaSouthwest flowArrivals +20L

Time · runway 02L/20R · airport-wide outlook · confidence · forecast wind · why

1. Now0247Z · 7:47 PM PDT·02L/20R: CLOSED·Current airport configuration (D-ATIS): arrivals 20R · 20L · departures 20R · 20L·stated·wind 190° at 5 kt
2. +1 h0347Z · 8:47 PM PDT·02L/20R: CLOSED·airport-wide likely 20R·Southwest flow·Low 55%·wind VRB at 3 kt·Why TAF wind variable at 3 kt: no steady direction, so wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 20R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 20R and 20L.
3. +2 h0447Z · 9:47 PM PDT·02L/20R: CLOSED·airport-wide likely 20R·Southwest flow·Low 55%·wind VRB at 3 kt·Why TAF wind variable at 3 kt: no steady direction, so wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 20R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 20R and 20L.
4. +3 h0547Z · 10:47 PM PDT·02L/20R: CLOSED·airport-wide likely 20R·Southwest flow·Low 55%·wind VRB at 3 kt·Why TAF wind variable at 3 kt: no steady direction, so wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 20R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 20R and 20L.
5. +6 h0847Z · 1:47 AM PDT·02L/20R: CLOSED·airport-wide likely 20R·Southwest flow·Low 55%·wind VRB at 3 kt·Why TAF wind variable at 3 kt: no steady direction, so wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 20R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 20R and 20L.
6. +12 h1447Z · 7:47 AM PDT·02L/20R: CLOSED·airport-wide likely 20R·Southwest flow·Low 55%·wind VRB at 3 kt·Why TAF wind variable at 3 kt: no steady direction, so wind does not decide the runway.|In recorded use, 20R is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 20R and 20L.

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 (518 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 2320Z (4:20 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 02L/20R” 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

5,700 ft

Width

150 ft

Surface

Asphalt · Good condition

Surface treatment

Grooved

Weight bearing (lb)

S 70k · D 200k · 2D 300k

PCN

602

Runway lights

Lighted

Airport elevation

56 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 02L/20R 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, 12.0°E (2015), 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 — 518 hours of D-ATIS runway configuration history collected · 8 distinct configurations observed · 631 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 KSNA is a separate module. 90-day, 12-month and seasonal views appear once the record is long enough.

17 departure procedures · 12 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.