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Gran Canaria Island, Spain

What runway is Gran Canaria Airport (LPA/GCLP) using right now?

Gran Canaria Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 03L+03R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 10:06 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 03L, 03RDep 03L, 03R

Gran Canaria Airport (LPA/GCLP) is using landing and departure 03L+03R 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
10° @ 14 kt
Direction
10°
Speed
14 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1019 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 10:00

METAR GCLP 271000Z 01014KT CAVOK 27/21 Q1019 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at GCLP

Every runway threshold at GCLP. 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
03L22°10,171 ft13.7 kt0.0 kt2.9 ktLeftLanding + departure
21R202°10,171 ft0.0 kt13.7 kt2.9 ktRightStandby
03R22°10,171 ft13.7 kt0.0 kt2.9 ktLeftLanding + departure
21L202°10,171 ft0.0 kt13.7 kt2.9 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Gran Canaria Airport (LPA/GCLP) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 10:00 local, Gran Canaria Airport (LPA/GCLP) is using landing and departure 03L+03R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Gran Canaria Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (10° @ 14 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 03L shows 13.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.9 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/GCLP or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/GCLP#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Gran Canaria 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 Gran Canaria Airport (LPA/GCLP) the live call is landing and departure 03L+03R with METAR wind 10° @ 14 kt. 03L shows 13.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.9 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 GCLP threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.