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What runway is Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ/KABQ) using right now?

Albuquerque International Sunport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 08. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 04:37 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 08Dep 08

Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ/KABQ) is using landing and departure 08 right now. The badge is the confidence: D-ATIS when the tape names the runway, otherwise the NOAA METAR wind vector scored against every threshold.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
20° @ 7 kt
Direction
20°
Speed
7 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1022 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 04:00

METAR KABQ 270952Z 02007KT 10SM CLR 08/04 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP176 T00830044

FAA D-ATIS I

Landing 08 · Departure 08 · Closed none listed

ABQ ATIS INFO I 0952Z. 01007KT 10SM CLR 08/04 A3018 (THREE ZERO ONE EIGHT). SIMUL APPROACHES IN USE. ARRIVALS EXPECT VISUAL APCH RWY 8, RWY 3, RNAV Z RUNWAY 8 APPROACH. DEPG RWY 8. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. GPS JAMMING REPORTED WITHIN THE VICINITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. CONTACT TOWER ONE TWO ZERO POINT THREE FOR PUSHBACK AND TAXI. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO I.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KABQ

Every runway threshold at KABQ. 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
0890°13,793 ft2.4 kt0.0 kt6.6 ktLeftLanding + departure
26270°13,793 ft0.0 kt2.4 kt6.6 ktRightStandby
0345°10,000 ft6.3 kt0.0 kt3.0 ktLeftStandby
21225°10,000 ft0.0 kt6.3 kt3.0 ktRightStandby
12129°6,000 ft0.0 kt2.3 kt6.6 ktLeftStandby
30309°6,000 ft2.3 kt0.0 kt6.6 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ/KABQ) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 04:00 local, Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ/KABQ) is using landing and departure 08. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Albuquerque International Sunport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (20° @ 7 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 08 shows 2.4 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 6.6 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KABQ or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KABQ#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Albuquerque International Sunport?

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 Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ/KABQ) the live call is landing and departure 08 with METAR wind 20° @ 7 kt. 08 shows 2.4 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 6.6 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 KABQ threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.