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What runway is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI/KBWI) using right now?

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport active runway and live wind: landing 33L, departure 28+33R. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:34 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 33LDep 28, 33R

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI/KBWI) is using landing 33L, departure 28+33R 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.

TAF at Tue 27 Oct, 10:00 shifts the wind to 40° at 5 kt, favoring 10 in about 3.4 hours.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1025 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KBWI 270954Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP250 T00780067 $

FAA D-ATIS R

Landing 33L · Departure 28, 33R · Closed none listed

BWI ATIS INFO R 0954Z. 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A3027 (THREE ZERO TWO SEVEN) RMK AO2 SLP250 T00780067. ARR ACFT EXP VISUAL APCH RWY 33L, RWY 33R. DEPG RWYS 28, 33R. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. FOR CORRECT RWY IDENTIFICATION RWY 33L RAIL, ON. BAL DME OTS. TWY U CLSD BTN, P AND U2 . TWY G CLSD BTN RWY, 28 AND TWY F . . BIRD ACTIVITY VICINITY ARPT. SIMUL APCHS ARE BEING CONDUCTED TO PARL RWYS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO R.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KBWI

Every runway threshold at KBWI. 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
1094°10,503 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
28274°10,503 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneDeparture
15R144°9,501 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
33L324°9,501 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding
15L144°5,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
33R324°5,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneDeparture
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Questions

What runway is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI/KBWI) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI/KBWI) is using landing 33L, departure 28+33R. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 33L 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/KBWI or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KBWI#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall 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 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI/KBWI) the live call is landing 33L, departure 28+33R with METAR wind CALM. 33L 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 KBWI threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.