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What runway is City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS/KCOS) using right now?

City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 17L+17R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 04:32 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 17L, 17RDep 17L, 17R

City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS/KCOS) is using landing and departure 17L+17R 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
190° @ 6 kt
Direction
190°
Speed
6 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
2 sm
Pressure
1019 hPa
Flight category
LIFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 04:11

SPECI KCOS 271011Z 19006KT 2SM R17L/4500VP6000FT BR BKN003 OVC008 07/07 A3010 RMK AO2 T00670067 $

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 KCOS

Every runway threshold at KCOS. 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
17L180°13,500 ft5.9 kt0.0 kt1.0 ktRightLanding + departure
35R0°13,500 ft0.0 kt5.9 kt1.0 ktLeftStandby
17R180°11,022 ft5.9 kt0.0 kt1.0 ktRightLanding + departure
35L0°11,022 ft0.0 kt5.9 kt1.0 ktLeftStandby
12135°8,272 ft3.4 kt0.0 kt4.9 ktRightStandby
30315°8,272 ft0.0 kt3.4 kt4.9 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS/KCOS) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 04:11 local, City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS/KCOS) is using landing and departure 17L+17R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (190° @ 6 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 17L shows 5.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.0 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KCOS or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KCOS#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at City of Colorado Springs Municipal 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 City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS/KCOS) the live call is landing and departure 17L+17R with METAR wind 190° @ 6 kt. 17L shows 5.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.0 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 KCOS threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.