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What runway is Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) using right now?

Cape Town International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 34. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 13:29 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 34Dep 34

Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) is using landing and departure 34 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
310° @ 10 kt
Direction
310°
Speed
10 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1022 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 13:00

METAR FACT 271100Z 31010KT CAVOK 23/09 Q1022 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at FACT

Every runway threshold at FACT. 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
01346°10,502 ft8.1 kt0.0 kt5.9 ktLeftStandby
19166°10,502 ft0.0 kt8.1 kt5.9 ktRightStandby
16136°5,581 ft0.0 kt9.9 kt1.0 ktRightStandby
34316°5,581 ft9.9 kt0.0 kt1.0 ktLeftLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 13:00 local, Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) is using landing and departure 34. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Cape Town International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (310° @ 10 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 34 shows 9.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.0 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/FACT or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/FACT#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Cape Town 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 Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) the live call is landing and departure 34 with METAR wind 310° @ 10 kt. 34 shows 9.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.0 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 FACT threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.