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El Alamein, Egypt

What runway is El Alamein International Airport (HEAL/HEAL) using right now?

El Alamein International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 31. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 13:41 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 31Dep 31

El Alamein International Airport (HEAL/HEAL) is using landing and departure 31 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
240° @ 8 kt
Direction
240°
Speed
8 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1014 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 13:00

METAR HEAL 271000Z 24008KT 9999 SCT020 25/16 Q1014 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at HEAL

Every runway threshold at HEAL. 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
13130°11,479 ft0.0 kt2.7 kt7.5 ktRightStandby
31310°11,479 ft2.7 kt0.0 kt7.5 ktLeftLanding + departure
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What runway is El Alamein International Airport (HEAL/HEAL) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 13:00 local, El Alamein International Airport (HEAL/HEAL) is using landing and departure 31. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. El Alamein International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (240° @ 8 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 31 shows 2.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 7.5 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/HEAL or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/HEAL#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at El Alamein 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 El Alamein International Airport (HEAL/HEAL) the live call is landing and departure 31 with METAR wind 240° @ 8 kt. 31 shows 2.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 7.5 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 HEAL threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.