Runway Headings – KBMA

In the 60+ years since the runways were first designated at Baltimore Municipal Airport, annual Variation “creep” has accumulated to the point where other long-established airports in the vicinity of KBMA  were required to change their runway designations in recent years (e.g. Essex Skypark , 15-33 to 16-34 and Martin State, 14-32 to 15-33).

Given the choice, we elected to retain the historical designations for KBMA runways with the result that when lining up for takeoff or approaching for landing, the runway designation alone is misleading as to actual direction.  The following lists KBMA’s runways and their actual magnetic (compass) headings (Rule of Thumb:  Magnetic = Runway + 10).

	Runway		Magnetic Heading

	4				050

	9				100

	14				150
	
	18				190

	22				230

 	27				280

	32				330

	36				010
