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What runway is Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC) using right now?

Calgary International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 17L+17R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:34 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 17L, 17RDep 17L, 17R

Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC) is using landing and departure 17L+17R 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, 10:00 shifts the wind to 320° at 6 kt, favoring 35R+35L in about 3.4 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1007 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR CYYC 271200Z 00000KT 10SM FEW010 BKN140 BKN220 M01/M02 A2974 RMK SF2AC4CI1 FROIN SLP118

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at CYYC

Every runway threshold at CYYC. 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
17L180°14,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
35R0°14,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
17R180°12,675 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
35L360°12,675 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
11120°8,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
29300°8,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC) is using landing and departure 17L+17R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Calgary International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (CALM) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 17L shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/CYYC or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/CYYC#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Calgary 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 Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC) the live call is landing and departure 17L+17R with METAR wind CALM. 17L shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). 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 CYYC threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.