ATIS Alerts

KVNY Runway 16R/34L — Van Nuys Airport

8,001 × 150 ft asphalt · true headings 176° / 356° · field elevation 802 ft

Runway 16R/34L at Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) in Van Nuys, CA is 8,001 ft long and 150 ft wide, asphalt, with true headings 176° and 356°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 16R the headwind 65.6% of the time and runway 34L 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 16R/34L — current status

EQUIPMENT OUTAGE (D-ATIS)
  • NOTICE TO AIRMEN RWY 16R MALSR OTS.

Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · D-ATIS · D-ATIS 1851Z (11:51 AM 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.

Information Foxtrot · 1851Z (11:51 AM PDT)
Arrivals
16R16L
Departures
16L16R

This configuration has been stated since 1651Z (9:51 AM PDT).

Show the D-ATIS text
VNY ATIS INFO F 1851Z. 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3004 (THREE ZERO ZERO FOUR). 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 F.

Current wind on Runway 16R/34L

Wind calm

METAR 1851Z (11:51 AM PDT)
Runway 16R

No steady wind direction — no components to compute.

Runway 34L

No steady wind direction — no components to compute.

N16R34Lwind calm / variable

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.

TimeLikely runwayConfidenceWind
Now1856Z · 11:56 AM PDT16R and 16Lactive · D-ATIS
stated by D-ATIS
statedcalm
+1 h1956Z · 12:56 PM PDT-
calm wind: assignment depends on local practice, not wind
-VRB at 3 kt
+2 h2056Z · 1:56 PM PDT16Rthen 16LLow47%150° at 8 kt
+3 h2156Z · 2:56 PM PDT16Rthen 16LLow44%150° at 8 kt
+6 h0056Z · 5:56 PM PDT16Rthen 16LLow35%150° at 8 kt
+12 h0656Z · 11:56 PM 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 16R/34L overview

Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.

Length
8,001 ft
Width
150 ft
Surface
Asphalt
Runway lights
Lighted
Airport elevation
802 ft
FAA record status
Open
Runway 16R
True heading
176°
Magnetic (approx.)
≈ 165°
FAA record
Open
Runway 34L
True heading
356°
Magnetic (approx.)
≈ 345°
FAA record
Open

Runway 16R/34L 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 — 2 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 16R/34L

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 16R/34L (either end)

Mean crosswind
3.2 kt
median 2.9 kt
90th / 95th percentile
5.9 / 7.1 kt
max 21.8 kt
Above 10 kt
0.6%
> 15 kt: 0% · > 20 kt: 0%
Gust crosswind > 15 kt
0.9%
90th pct gust 6.4 kt
0%48%95%83%0–5 kt17%5–10 kt0.5%10–15 kt0.0%15–20 kt0.0%20–25 kt0.0%25+ kt
Share of wind hours by crosswind band on runway 16R/34L at KVNY, 2005–2025
Crosswind (kt)Share of wind hours
0–582.8%
5–1016.6%
10–150.5%
15–200%
20–250%
25+0%

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

Runway 16R

Headwind
65.6%
of wind hours
Tailwind > 5 kt
18.2%
> 10 kt: 10.9%
Wind-favored end
32.8%
most headwind of all runways

Runway 34L

Headwind
34.4%
of wind hours
Tailwind > 5 kt
21.8%
> 10 kt: 1.8%
Wind-favored end
17.2%
most headwind of all runways

“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-favored share of runway 16R and 34L by wind sector, 2005–2025
Wind fromShare of wind hours16R favored34L favoredMean crosswindCrosswind > 15 kt
N 338–023°18%0%50%1.9 kt0%
NE 023–068°2%0%50%5 kt0.9%
E 068–113°14%41.9%8.1%4.6 kt0%
SE 113–158°31%50%0%4 kt0%
S 158–203°17%50%0%1.2 kt0%
SW 203–248°3%50%0%3.4 kt0%
W 248–293°8%17.3%32.7%4.4 kt0%
NW 293–338°6%0%50%3.8 kt0%

By time of day (airport-local)

morning
16R favored 30.1% · 34L 19.9%
mean crosswind 2.8 kt · calm 53%
afternoon
16R favored 37.7% · 34L 12.3%
mean crosswind 3.8 kt · calm 16.6%
evening
16R favored 32% · 34L 18%
mean crosswind 3.5 kt · calm 24.4%
night
16R favored 29.4% · 34L 20.6%
mean crosswind 2.7 kt · calm 49.3%

Seasonal runway conditions

0.02.14.3JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean crosswind on runway 16R/34L at KVNY by month, 2005–2025
MonthMean crosswind (kt)
Jan2.8 kt
Feb2.9 kt
Mar3.3 kt
Apr3.3 kt
May3.4 kt
Jun3.5 kt
Jul3.8 kt
Aug3.7 kt
Sep3.3 kt
Oct3.0 kt
Nov2.6 kt
Dec2.7 kt
Monthly wind and weather statistics for runway 16R/34L at KVNY, 2005–2025
MonthPrevailingMean windGustyMean xwxw > 10xw > 15xw > 2016R tail > 534L tail > 5IFRTSFog
JanN5.6 kt13.6%2.8 kt1.2%0.1%0%47.7%9.6%3.6%0.05%6.4%
FebN4.6 kt8.4%2.9 kt1%0.1%0%30%17.1%4.1%0.04%6.2%
MarN4.6 kt8.9%3.3 kt1%0.1%0%21.5%20%4.4%0.1%4.9%
AprSE5 kt10%3.3 kt0.7%0%0%18%24.7%3%0.03%3.2%
MaySE4.8 kt5.3%3.4 kt0.3%0%0%6.2%31.7%5.4%0.03%4.3%
JunSE4.6 kt2.6%3.5 kt0.3%0%0%2%30.7%7.6%0.01%5.4%
JulSE4.3 kt1.3%3.8 kt0.1%0%0%0.5%28.9%4%0.02%2.4%
AugSE3.9 kt1.2%3.7 kt0.2%0%0%0.8%28.1%3.1%0.03%3%
SepSE3.5 kt2%3.3 kt0.2%0%0%2.9%26.3%2.9%0.11%2.1%
OctSE3.9 kt5.3%3 kt0.3%0%0%19.4%18.9%3.7%0.04%4.1%
NovN4.3 kt7.7%2.6 kt0.5%0%0%36%10.7%3.6%0.01%5.9%
DecN4.8 kt10.5%2.7 kt1.2%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 16R/34L closure history

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

D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 16R closed on 0 days and runway 34L 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 16R/34L

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

Runway 16R

Runway 34L

No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.

Circling / other approaches at KVNY

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 1 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.

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⚠️ ATIS Alerts provides informational runway analysis based on available weather, D-ATIS, FAA data and historical observations. Active runways shown here are read from D-ATIS text and may lag or be misread; predicted runways are an ATIS Alerts estimate, not an ATC assignment. Not for operational use. Always verify with official FAA-approved preflight weather sources before flight.

Runway page score 73/100 · indexed (rollout wave gate).

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