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What runway is Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE/KCLE) using right now?

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 06L. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:33 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 06LDep 06L

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE/KCLE) is using landing and departure 06L 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
70° @ 4 kt
Direction
70°
Speed
4 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1027 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KCLE 270951Z 07004KT 10SM SCT160 SCT210 11/06 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP282 T01060056 $

FAA D-ATIS M

Landing 06L · Departure not named · Closed 06R, 24L

CLE ARR INFO M 0951Z. 08004KT 10SM SCT160 SCT210 11/06 A3032 (THREE ZERO THREE TWO) RMK AO2 SLP282 T01060056. ILS 6L APCH IN USE. LANDING RUNWAY 6L. RY 6R, 24L CLSD. TWY N CLSD BTN TWY, L AND TWY G ;, TWYS A CLSD. BIRD ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE ARPT CAUTION ADVISED. READBACK ALL RWY HDSRT ISNS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO M.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KCLE

Every runway threshold at KCLE. 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
06R50°9,953 ft3.8 kt0.0 kt1.4 ktRightClosed
24L230°9,953 ft0.0 kt3.8 kt1.4 ktLeftClosed
06L50°9,000 ft3.8 kt0.0 kt1.4 ktRightLanding + departure
24R230°9,000 ft0.0 kt3.8 kt1.4 ktLeftStandby
1093°6,018 ft3.7 kt0.0 kt1.6 ktLeftStandby
28273°6,018 ft0.0 kt3.7 kt1.6 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE/KCLE) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE/KCLE) is using landing and departure 06L. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (70° @ 4 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 06L shows 3.8 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.4 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: 06R, 24L. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KCLE or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KCLE#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Cleveland Hopkins 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 Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE/KCLE) the live call is landing and departure 06L with METAR wind 70° @ 4 kt. 06L shows 3.8 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.4 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 KCLE threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.