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What runway is Cork International Airport (ORK/EICK) using right now?

Cork International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 25. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 11:33 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 25Dep 25

Cork International Airport (ORK/EICK) is using landing and departure 25 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° @ 14 kt
Direction
240°
Speed
14 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1007 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 11:00

METAR EICK 271100Z 24014KT 9999 VCSH FEW012 FEW018CB 10/06 Q1007 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at EICK

Every runway threshold at EICK. 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
16160°6,998 ft2.4 kt0.0 kt13.8 ktRightStandby
34340°6,998 ft0.0 kt2.4 kt13.8 ktLeftStandby
0763°4,298 ft0.0 kt14.0 kt0.7 ktRightStandby
25243°4,298 ft14.0 kt0.0 kt0.7 ktLeftLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Cork International Airport (ORK/EICK) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 11:00 local, Cork International Airport (ORK/EICK) is using landing and departure 25. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Cork International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (240° @ 14 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 25 shows 14.0 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/EICK or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/EICK#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Cork 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 Cork International Airport (ORK/EICK) the live call is landing and departure 25 with METAR wind 240° @ 14 kt. 25 shows 14.0 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 EICK threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.