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What runway is Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ/CYYZ) using right now?

Toronto Pearson International Airport active runway and live wind: landing 05+06L+06R, departure 05+06L. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 08:33 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 05, 06L, 06RDep 05, 06L

Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ/CYYZ) is using landing 05+06L+06R, departure 05+06L 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, 13:00 shifts the wind to 110° at 9 kt, favoring 15L+15R in about 4.4 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
40° @ 6 kt
Direction
40°
Speed
6 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1031 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 08:00

METAR CYYZ 271200Z 04006KT 15SM FEW150 FEW260 03/M02 A3043 RMK AC1CI1 SLP310

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at CYYZ

Every runway threshold at CYYZ. 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
0547°11,120 ft6.0 kt0.0 kt0.7 ktLeftLanding + departure
23227°11,120 ft0.0 kt6.0 kt0.7 ktRightStandby
15L137°11,050 ft0.0 kt0.7 kt6.0 ktLeftStandby
33R317°11,050 ft0.7 kt0.0 kt6.0 ktRightStandby
06L47°9,697 ft6.0 kt0.0 kt0.7 ktLeftLanding + departure
24R227°9,697 ft0.0 kt6.0 kt0.7 ktRightStandby
15R137°9,088 ft0.0 kt0.7 kt6.0 ktLeftStandby
33L317°9,088 ft0.7 kt0.0 kt6.0 ktRightStandby
06R47°9,000 ft6.0 kt0.0 kt0.7 ktLeftLanding
24L227°9,000 ft0.0 kt6.0 kt0.7 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ/CYYZ) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 08:00 local, Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ/CYYZ) is using landing 05+06L+06R, departure 05+06L. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Toronto Pearson International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (40° @ 6 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 05 shows 6.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.7 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/CYYZ or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/CYYZ#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Toronto Pearson 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 Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ/CYYZ) the live call is landing 05+06L+06R, departure 05+06L with METAR wind 40° @ 6 kt. 05 shows 6.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.7 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 CYYZ threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.