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What runway is Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS/KAUS) using right now?

Austin Bergstrom International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 18L. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 05:36 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 18LDep 18L

Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS/KAUS) is using landing and departure 18L 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.

D-ATIS named the landing runway. Departure is shown on the same flow until the text says otherwise.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1021 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 05:00

METAR KAUS 270953Z 00000KT 10SM FEW070 BKN150 17/16 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP199 T01670156

FAA D-ATIS M

Landing 18L · Departure not named · Closed none listed

AUS ATIS INFO M 0953Z. 00000KT 10SM FEW070 BKN150 17/16 A3014 (THREE ZERO ONE FOUR). ARRIVALS EXPECT ILS APCH RWY 18L. DEPARTING 18R. SIMULAPP. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. TWY T CLSD. TWY C CLSD BTN TWY, S AND TWY Z. PAPI RWY 18R, 18L, 36R, 36L OTS. RNAV Z AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. RAMP CONTROL OPEN 126.225. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO M.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KAUS

Every runway threshold at KAUS. 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
18R179°12,250 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
36L359°12,250 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
18L179°9,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
36R359°9,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS/KAUS) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 05:00 local, Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS/KAUS) is using landing and departure 18L. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Austin Bergstrom International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 18L 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/KAUS or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KAUS#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Austin Bergstrom 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 Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS/KAUS) the live call is landing and departure 18L with METAR wind CALM. 18L 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 KAUS threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.