KVNY Runway 16L/34R — Van Nuys Airport

Nov 2, 2026 (airport-local day): 0 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. 13:51Z5:51 AM PST

   9.3 h · current
   Arrivals

   16R16L

   Departures

   16L16R
   ATIS: November → Oscar → Papa → Quebec → Romeo → Sierra → Tango → Uniform → Victor → WhiskeySouth flowFirst configuration of the day

Time · runway 16L/34R · airport-wide outlook · confidence · forecast wind · why

1. Now2307Z · 3:07 PM PST·16L/34R: 16L in use·Current airport configuration (D-ATIS): arrivals 16R · 16L · departures 16L · 16R·stated·wind 180° at 6 kt
2. +1 h0007Z · 4:07 PM PST·16L/34R: not favored·airport-wide likely 16R then 16L·South flow·7 kt headwind, 2 kt crosswind·Low 50%·wind 160° at 7 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 160° at 7 kt favors south-facing runway ends: 7 kt headwind and 2 kt crosswind on 16R versus 7 kt headwind on 16L.|The airport is already using 16R and 16L (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|No known runway closure prevents this configuration.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+1 h).
3. +2 h0107Z · 5:07 PM PST·16L/34R: not favored·airport-wide likely 16R then 16L·South flow·7 kt headwind, 2 kt crosswind·Low 47%·wind 160° at 7 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 160° at 7 kt favors south-facing runway ends: 7 kt headwind and 2 kt crosswind on 16R versus 7 kt headwind on 16L.|The airport is already using 16R and 16L (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|No known runway closure prevents this configuration.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+2 h).
4. +3 h0207Z · 6:07 PM PST·16L/34R: not favored·airport-wide likely 16R then 16L·South flow·7 kt headwind, 2 kt crosswind·Low 44%·wind 160° at 7 kt·Why TAF forecast wind 160° at 7 kt favors south-facing runway ends: 7 kt headwind and 2 kt crosswind on 16R versus 7 kt headwind on 16L.|The airport is already using 16R and 16L (stated by D-ATIS), so no change is needed.|No known runway closure prevents this configuration.|Confidence falls with forecast distance (+3 h).
5. +6 h0507Z · 9:07 PM PST·16L/34R: 16L likely·airport-wide likely 16L·South 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, 16L is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 16R and 16L.
6. +12 h1107Z · 3:07 AM PST·16L/34R: 16L likely·airport-wide likely 16L·South 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, 16L is the end this airport most often named for arrivals in calm wind (D-ATIS).|The airport is already using 16R and 16L.

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 (506 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 1759Z (9:59 AM PST).

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 KVNY'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

4,013 ft

Width

75 ft

Surface

Asphalt · Good condition

Weight bearing (lb)

S 14k

Runway lights

Lighted

Airport elevation

802 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 16L/34R 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 (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 — 506 hours of D-ATIS runway configuration history collected · 8 distinct configurations observed · 570 D-ATIS broadcasts recorded · through Nov 2, 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 KVNY is a separate module. 90-day, 12-month and seasonal views appear once the record is long enough.

11 departure procedures · 9 STARs · FAA d-TPP cycle 2611. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.