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Ingliston, Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

What runway is Edinburgh Airport (EDI/EGPH) using right now?

Edinburgh Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 24. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 11:34 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 24Dep 24

Edinburgh Airport (EDI/EGPH) is using landing and departure 24 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
240° @ 29 kt G40
Direction
240°
Speed
29 kt
Gusts
40 kt
Visibility
4.4 sm
Pressure
994 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 11:20

METAR EGPH 271120Z 24029G40KT 7000 RA SCT029 BKN036 10/07 Q0994

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at EGPH

Every runway threshold at EGPH. 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
0659°8,392 ft0.0 kt29.0 kt0.5 kt · gust 0.7LeftStandby
24239°8,392 ft29.0 kt0.0 kt0.5 kt · gust 0.7RightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Edinburgh Airport (EDI/EGPH) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 11:20 local, Edinburgh Airport (EDI/EGPH) is using landing and departure 24. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Edinburgh Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (240° @ 29 kt G40) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 24 shows 29.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.5 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/EGPH or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/EGPH#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh Airport (EDI/EGPH) the live call is landing and departure 24 with METAR wind 240° @ 29 kt G40. 24 shows 29.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.5 kt crosswind from the right. 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 EGPH threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.