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What runway is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM/KBHM) using right now?

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 06. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 05:35 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 06Dep 06

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM/KBHM) is using landing and departure 06 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
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1026 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 05:00

METAR KBHM 270953Z 00000KT 10SM FEW250 09/08 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP249 T00940083

FAA D-ATIS text is not available for this airport right now. The runway call follows the NOAA METAR wind vector.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KBHM

Every runway threshold at KBHM. 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
0655°12,007 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
24235°12,007 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
18180°7,099 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
36360°7,099 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM/KBHM) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 05:00 local, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM/KBHM) is using landing and departure 06. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 06 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/KBHM or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KBHM#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth 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 Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM/KBHM) the live call is landing and departure 06 with METAR wind CALM. 06 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 KBHM threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.