KVNY Runway 16L/34R — Van Nuys Airport
4,013 × 75 ft asphalt · true headings 176° / 356° · field elevation 802 ft
Runway 16L/34R at Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) in Van Nuys, CA is 4,013 ft long and 75 ft wide, asphalt, with true headings 176° and 356°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 16L the headwind 65.6% of the time and runway 34R 34.4%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 0% of wind hours. KVNY 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 16L/34R — current status
NO CLOSURE REPORTED- The current D-ATIS names no closure, restriction or outage for this runway. Runway NOTAMs are not monitored yet — verify before flight.
Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · D-ATIS · D-ATIS 2051Z (1:51 PM PDT). Runway NOTAM monitoring (closures, lighting, navaid outages) is scheduled for the next phase; until then this card reflects only the FAA runway record and the airport's own D-ATIS.
Current active runways at KVNY
As stated by the airport's D-ATIS — the facility's own broadcast, not an estimate.
This configuration has been stated since 1651Z (9:51 AM PDT).
Show the D-ATIS text
VNY ATIS INFO H 2051Z. 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A3000 (THREE ZERO ZERO ZERO). ILS-Z RWY 16R APCH IN USE, VISUAL APCH IN USE . LNDG AND DEPG RWY 16 L/R . TAXILANE ALPHA 1 CLSD . NOTICE TO AIRMEN RWY 16R MALSR OTS . ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO H.
Current wind on Runway 16L/34R
Wind calm
No steady wind direction — no components to compute.
No steady wind direction — no components to compute.
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 KVNY is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.
| Time | Likely runway | Confidence | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now2108Z · 2:08 PM PDT | 16R and 16Lactive · D-ATIS stated by D-ATIS | stated | - |
| +1 h2208Z · 3:08 PM PDT | 16Rthen 16L | Low50% | 150° at 8 kt |
| +2 h2308Z · 4:08 PM PDT | 16Rthen 16L | Low47% | 150° at 8 kt |
| +3 h0008Z · 5:08 PM PDT | 16Rthen 16L | Low44% | 150° at 8 kt |
| +6 h0308Z · 8:08 PM PDT | 16Rthen 16L | Low35% | 150° at 8 kt |
| +12 h0908Z · 2:08 AM PDT | - calm wind: assignment depends on local practice, not wind | - | VRB at 3 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 1737Z (10:37 AM PDT).
Runway 16L/34R overview
Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.
- Length
- 4,013 ft
- Width
- 75 ft
- Surface
- Asphalt
- Runway lights
- Lighted
- Airport elevation
- 802 ft
- FAA record status
- Open
- True heading
- 176°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 165°
- FAA record
- Open
- True heading
- 356°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 345°
- FAA record
- Open
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 variation here is about 11.4°E (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 KVNY — 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 KVNY's D-ATIS and turns it into a log of which runways the facility named for arrivals and departures. Recording started Sep 18, 2026 — 4 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 16L/34R
20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.
From 174,008 hourly observations at KVNY (2005–2025), 108,043 with a steady wind direction (37.9% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.
Crosswind on runway 16L/34R (either end)
| Crosswind (kt) | Share of wind hours |
|---|---|
| 0–5 | 82.8% |
| 5–10 | 16.6% |
| 10–15 | 0.5% |
| 15–20 | 0% |
| 20–25 | 0% |
| 25+ | 0% |
Strongest-crosswind month on average: Jul; calmest: Nov. Percentiles are streaming approximations (t-digest), accurate to about 0.1 kt.
Runway 16L
Runway 34R
“Wind-favored” counts the hours this end had the most headwind of every open runway at KVNY — 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 | 16L favored | 34R favored | Mean crosswind | Crosswind > 15 kt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N 338–023° | 18% | 0% | 50% | 1.9 kt | 0% |
| NE 023–068° | 2% | 0% | 50% | 5 kt | 0.9% |
| E 068–113° | 14% | 41.9% | 8.1% | 4.6 kt | 0% |
| SE 113–158° | 31% | 50% | 0% | 4 kt | 0% |
| S 158–203° | 17% | 50% | 0% | 1.2 kt | 0% |
| SW 203–248° | 3% | 50% | 0% | 3.4 kt | 0% |
| W 248–293° | 8% | 17.3% | 32.7% | 4.4 kt | 0% |
| NW 293–338° | 6% | 0% | 50% | 3.8 kt | 0% |
By time of day (airport-local)
Seasonal runway conditions
| Month | Mean crosswind (kt) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 kt |
| Feb | 2.9 kt |
| Mar | 3.3 kt |
| Apr | 3.3 kt |
| May | 3.4 kt |
| Jun | 3.5 kt |
| Jul | 3.8 kt |
| Aug | 3.7 kt |
| Sep | 3.3 kt |
| Oct | 3.0 kt |
| Nov | 2.6 kt |
| Dec | 2.7 kt |
| Month | Prevailing | Mean wind | Gusty | Mean xw | xw > 10 | xw > 15 | xw > 20 | 16L tail > 5 | 34R tail > 5 | IFR | TS | Fog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | N | 5.6 kt | 13.6% | 2.8 kt | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0% | 47.7% | 9.6% | 3.6% | 0.05% | 6.4% |
| Feb | N | 4.6 kt | 8.4% | 2.9 kt | 1% | 0.1% | 0% | 30% | 17.1% | 4.1% | 0.04% | 6.2% |
| Mar | N | 4.6 kt | 8.9% | 3.3 kt | 1% | 0.1% | 0% | 21.5% | 20% | 4.4% | 0.1% | 4.9% |
| Apr | SE | 5 kt | 10% | 3.3 kt | 0.7% | 0% | 0% | 18% | 24.7% | 3% | 0.03% | 3.2% |
| May | SE | 4.8 kt | 5.3% | 3.4 kt | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 6.2% | 31.7% | 5.4% | 0.03% | 4.3% |
| Jun | SE | 4.6 kt | 2.6% | 3.5 kt | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 30.7% | 7.6% | 0.01% | 5.4% |
| Jul | SE | 4.3 kt | 1.3% | 3.8 kt | 0.1% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% | 28.9% | 4% | 0.02% | 2.4% |
| Aug | SE | 3.9 kt | 1.2% | 3.7 kt | 0.2% | 0% | 0% | 0.8% | 28.1% | 3.1% | 0.03% | 3% |
| Sep | SE | 3.5 kt | 2% | 3.3 kt | 0.2% | 0% | 0% | 2.9% | 26.3% | 2.9% | 0.11% | 2.1% |
| Oct | SE | 3.9 kt | 5.3% | 3 kt | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 19.4% | 18.9% | 3.7% | 0.04% | 4.1% |
| Nov | N | 4.3 kt | 7.7% | 2.6 kt | 0.5% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 10.7% | 3.6% | 0.01% | 5.9% |
| Dec | N | 4.8 kt | 10.5% | 2.7 kt | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0% | 42.8% | 9% | 4.9% | 0.03% | 8.1% |
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 16L/34R closure history
Runway NOTAM history begins when the NOTAM feed goes live (next phase).
D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 16L closed on 0 days and runway 34R 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 16L/34R
From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.
Runway 16L
No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.
Runway 34R
No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.
11 departure procedures · 9 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
- Active runwaysare read from the airport's D-ATIS text (community relay of the FAA broadcast) with an open, tested parser; the broadcast text is always shown. Every change is recorded, so “recorded use” is what the facility stated, never an inference.
- Wind components use the current METAR (aviationweather.gov) against TRUE runway headings from the OurAirports/FAA runway record.
- 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 3 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.
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