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What runway is Egal International Airport (HGA/HCMH) using right now?

Egal International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 06. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 14:27 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 06Dep 06

Egal International Airport (HGA/HCMH) 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.

Live METAR and TAF

NOAA METAR was unavailable, so the wind vector assumes calm air and prefers the longer runways.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at HCMH

Every runway threshold at HCMH. 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
0655°12,139 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
24235°12,139 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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What runway is Egal International Airport (HGA/HCMH) using right now?

As of the latest cycle local, Egal International Airport (HGA/HCMH) is using landing and departure 06. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Egal International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (Unavailable) 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/HCMH or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/HCMH#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Egal 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 Egal International Airport (HGA/HCMH) the live call is landing and departure 06 with METAR wind Unavailable. 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 HCMH threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.