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What runway is Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL/CYUL) using right now?

Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 06L+06R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 08:35 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 06L, 06RDep 06L, 06R

Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL/CYUL) is using landing and departure 06L+06R 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, 12:00 shifts the wind to 260° at 5 kt, favoring 24R+24L in about 3.4 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
30° @ 4 kt
Direction
30°
Speed
4 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1031 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 08:00

METAR CYUL 271200Z 03004KT 30SM FEW250 00/M04 A3044 RMK CI1 CI TR SLP311

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at CYUL

Every runway threshold at CYUL. 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
06L43°11,000 ft3.9 kt0.0 kt0.9 ktLeftLanding + departure
24R223°11,000 ft0.0 kt3.9 kt0.9 ktRightStandby
06R41°9,600 ft3.9 kt0.0 kt0.8 ktLeftLanding + departure
24L221°9,600 ft0.0 kt3.9 kt0.8 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL/CYUL) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 08:00 local, Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL/CYUL) is using landing and departure 06L+06R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (30° @ 4 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 06L shows 3.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.9 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/CYUL or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/CYUL#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau 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 Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL/CYUL) the live call is landing and departure 06L+06R with METAR wind 30° @ 4 kt. 06L shows 3.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.9 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 CYUL threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.