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What runway is Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA/GMME) using right now?

Rabat-Salé Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 21. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 10:05 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 21Dep 21

Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA/GMME) is using landing and departure 21 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 340° at 6 kt, favoring 03 in about 1.9 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
130° @ 6 kt
Direction
130°
Speed
6 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
2.5 sm
Pressure
1021 hPa
Flight category
IFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 10:00

METAR GMME 271000Z COR 13006KT 4000 BR BKN008 BKN120 20/20 Q1021 TEMPO 5000

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at GMME

Every runway threshold at GMME. 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
0333°11,483 ft0.0 kt0.7 kt6.0 ktRightStandby
21213°11,483 ft0.7 kt0.0 kt6.0 ktLeftLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA/GMME) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 10:00 local, Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA/GMME) is using landing and departure 21. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Rabat-Salé Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (130° @ 6 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 21 shows 0.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 6.0 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/GMME or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/GMME#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Rabat-Salé 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 Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA/GMME) the live call is landing and departure 21 with METAR wind 130° @ 6 kt. 21 shows 0.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 6.0 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 GMME threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.