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What runway is Entebbe International Airport (EBB/HUEN) using right now?

Entebbe International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 30. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 13:37 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 30Dep 30

Entebbe International Airport (EBB/HUEN) is using landing and departure 30 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
310° @ 6 kt
Direction
310°
Speed
6 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1019 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 13:00

METAR HUEN 271000Z 31006KT 9999 FEW022 FEW024CB 24/20 Q1019

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at HUEN

Every runway threshold at HUEN. 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
17171°12,000 ft0.0 kt4.5 kt3.9 ktRightStandby
35351°12,000 ft4.5 kt0.0 kt3.9 ktLeftStandby
12121°7,900 ft0.0 kt5.9 kt0.9 ktLeftStandby
30301°7,900 ft5.9 kt0.0 kt0.9 ktRightLanding + departure
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What runway is Entebbe International Airport (EBB/HUEN) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 13:00 local, Entebbe International Airport (EBB/HUEN) is using landing and departure 30. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Entebbe International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (310° @ 6 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 30 shows 5.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.9 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/HUEN or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/HUEN#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Entebbe 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 Entebbe International Airport (EBB/HUEN) the live call is landing and departure 30 with METAR wind 310° @ 6 kt. 30 shows 5.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.9 kt crosswind from the right. 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 HUEN threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.