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What runway is Bradley International Airport (BDL/KBDL) using right now?

Bradley International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 33. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:35 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 33Dep 33

Bradley International Airport (BDL/KBDL) is using landing and departure 33 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
350° @ 7 kt
Direction
350°
Speed
7 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1027 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KBDL 270951Z 35007KT 10SM FEW220 FEW250 08/M01 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP262 T00781011 $

FAA D-ATIS Z

Landing not named · Departure not named · Closed none listed

BDL ATIS INFO Z 0951Z. 36007KT 10SM FEW220 FEW250 08/M01 A3031 (THREE ZERO THREE ONE). RUNWAYS 6 AND 33 IN USE, EXPECT ILS APCH. NOTAMS... READ BACK ALL HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS AND ASSIGNED ALT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO Z.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KBDL

Every runway threshold at KBDL. 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
0644°9,510 ft4.1 kt0.0 kt5.7 ktLeftStandby
24224°9,510 ft0.0 kt4.1 kt5.7 ktRightStandby
15135°6,847 ft0.0 kt5.7 kt4.0 ktLeftStandby
33315°6,847 ft5.7 kt0.0 kt4.0 ktRightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Bradley International Airport (BDL/KBDL) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Bradley International Airport (BDL/KBDL) is using landing and departure 33. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Bradley International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (350° @ 7 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 33 shows 5.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.0 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KBDL or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KBDL#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Bradley 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 Bradley International Airport (BDL/KBDL) the live call is landing and departure 33 with METAR wind 350° @ 7 kt. 33 shows 5.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.0 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 KBDL threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.