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What runway is Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG/KCVG) using right now?

Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 09. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:32 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 09Dep 09

Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG/KCVG) is using landing and departure 09 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, 11:00 shifts the wind to 140° at 5 kt, favoring 18C+18L+18R in about 4.5 hours.

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, 06:00

METAR KCVG 270952Z 00000KT 10SM FEW250 10/07 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP250 T01000067

FAA D-ATIS Z

Landing not named · Departure not named · Closed none listed

CVG ARR INFO Z 0952Z. 00000KT 10SM FEW250 10/07 A3028 (THREE ZERO TWO EIGHT) RMK AO2 SLP250 T01000067. SIMUL APPROACHES IN USE. EXPECT ILS APPROACH TO RWY 18C. ALL AIRCRAFT SHALL READBACK RUNWAY HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTION. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. LLWAS IMPAIRED FOR WINDSHEAR AND MICROBURST DETECTION. BIRD ACTIVITY VCNTY ARPT. RWY ASSIGNMENT IS BASED ON NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO Z.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KCVG

Every runway threshold at KCVG. 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
0990°12,001 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
27270°12,001 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
18C180°11,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
36C360°11,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
18L180°10,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
36R360°10,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
18R180°8,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
36L0°8,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG/KCVG) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG/KCVG) is using landing and departure 09. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 09 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/KCVG or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KCVG#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Cincinnati Northern Kentucky 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 Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG/KCVG) the live call is landing and departure 09 with METAR wind CALM. 09 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 KCVG threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.