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What runway is Ndjili International Airport (FIH/FZAA) using right now?

Ndjili International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 06. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 11:07 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 06Dep 06

Ndjili International Airport (FIH/FZAA) is using landing and departure 06 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, 12:00 shifts the wind to 240° at 6 kt, favoring 24 in about 0.9 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
3.7 sm
Pressure
1015 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 09:00

METAR FZAA 270800Z 00000KT 6000 FEW018 28/23 Q1015 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at FZAA

Every runway threshold at FZAA. 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
0658°13,123 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
24238°13,123 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Ndjili International Airport (FIH/FZAA) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 09:00 local, Ndjili International Airport (FIH/FZAA) is using landing and departure 06. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Ndjili International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (CALM) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 06 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/FZAA or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/FZAA#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Ndjili 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 Ndjili International Airport (FIH/FZAA) the live call is landing and departure 06 with METAR wind CALM. 06 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). 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 FZAA threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.