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What runway is Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD/FNLU) using right now?

Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 25. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 11:09 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 25Dep 25

Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD/FNLU) 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
290° @ 6 kt
Direction
290°
Speed
6 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1013 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 10:00

METAR FNLU 270900Z 29006KT 9999 SCT017 OVC022 27/23 Q1013 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at FNLU

Every runway threshold at FNLU. 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°12,190 ft0.0 kt2.7 kt5.3 ktLeftStandby
23227°12,190 ft2.7 kt0.0 kt5.3 ktRightStandby
0768°8,530 ft0.0 kt4.5 kt4.0 ktLeftStandby
25248°8,530 ft4.5 kt0.0 kt4.0 ktRightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD/FNLU) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 10:00 local, Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD/FNLU) is using landing and departure 25. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (290° @ 6 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 25 shows 4.5 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.0 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/FNLU or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/FNLU#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Quatro de Fevereiro 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 Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD/FNLU) the live call is landing and departure 25 with METAR wind 290° @ 6 kt. 25 shows 4.5 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.0 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 FNLU threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.