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What runway is Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ) using right now?

Victoria International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 09. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 05:33 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 09Dep 09

Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ) is using landing and departure 09 right now. The badge is the confidence from the live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR and TAF wind vector, scored against every threshold.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
VRB @ 2 kt
Direction
Variable
Speed
2 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1015 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 05:00

METAR CYYJ 271200Z VRB02KT 20SM FEW021 SCT037 BKN050 OVC100 09/09 A2998 RMK SC2SC2SC2AC2 SLP154

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at CYYJ

Every runway threshold at CYYJ. 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
09105°7,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
27285°7,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
0344°5,027 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
21224°5,027 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
14152°5,001 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
32332°5,001 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 05:00 local, Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ) is using landing and departure 09. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Victoria International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (VRB @ 2 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 09 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/CYYJ or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/CYYJ#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Victoria 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 Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ) the live call is landing and departure 09 with METAR wind VRB @ 2 kt. 09 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 CYYJ threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.