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What runway is Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM/HBBA) using right now?

Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 17. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 12:03 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 17Dep 17

Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM/HBBA) is using landing and departure 17 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
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
5.6 sm
Pressure
1016 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 10:00

HBBA 270800Z 00000KT 9000 FEW030 31/18 Q1016 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at HBBA

Every runway threshold at HBBA. 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
17172°11,811 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
35352°11,811 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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What runway is Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM/HBBA) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 10:00 local, Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM/HBBA) is using landing and departure 17. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (CALM) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 17 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/HBBA or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/HBBA#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye 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 Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM/HBBA) the live call is landing and departure 17 with METAR wind CALM. 17 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 HBBA threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.