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What runway is Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW/CYOW) using right now?

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 04. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 08:35 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 04Dep 04

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW/CYOW) is using landing and departure 04 right now. The badge is the confidence from the live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR and TAF wind vector, scored against every threshold.

TAF at Tue 27 Oct, 14:00 shifts the wind to 290° at 8 kt, favoring 32 in about 5.4 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
360° @ 8 kt
Direction
360°
Speed
8 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1031 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 08:00

METAR CYOW 271200Z 36008KT 15SM FEW150 00/M05 A3044 RMK AC1 AC TR SLP315

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at CYOW

Every runway threshold at CYOW. Headwind is on the nose. Tailwind is the same component when the wind is on the tail. Positive crosswind in the source math is from the right.

ThresholdTrue hdgLengthHeadwindTailwindCrosswindFromRole
14126°10,000 ft0.0 kt4.7 kt6.4 ktLeftStandby
32306°10,000 ft4.7 kt0.0 kt6.4 ktRightStandby
0757°8,000 ft4.3 kt0.0 kt6.7 ktLeftStandby
25237°8,000 ft0.0 kt4.3 kt6.7 ktRightStandby
0426°3,300 ft7.2 kt0.0 kt3.5 ktLeftLanding + departure
22206°3,300 ft0.0 kt7.2 kt3.5 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW/CYOW) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 08:00 local, Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW/CYOW) is using landing and departure 04. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (360° @ 8 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 04 shows 7.2 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 3.5 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/CYOW or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/CYOW#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport?

Aircraft land and depart into the wind. Headwind is the part of the wind along the runway heading. Crosswind is the part blowing across the pavement. A negative headwind is a tailwind. At Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW/CYOW) the live call is landing and departure 04 with METAR wind 360° @ 8 kt. 04 shows 7.2 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 3.5 kt crosswind from the left. Controllers switch runways when the opposite threshold offers more headwind, or when the crosswind on the runway in use climbs. The component table lists every CYOW threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.