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What runway is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA) using right now?

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport active runway and live wind: landing 01+33, departure 01+33+04. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:32 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 01, 33Dep 01, 33, 04

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA) is using landing 01+33, departure 01+33+04 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
1025 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KDCA 270952Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP249 T01170106

FAA D-ATIS Z

Landing 01, 33 · Departure 01, 33, 04 · Closed none listed

DCA ATIS INFO Z 0952Z. 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3027 (THREE ZERO TWO SEVEN) RMK AO2 SLP249 T01170106. ARRIVALS EXPECT CVFP MTV 1. LNDG RWYS 1, 33, DEPG RWYS 1, 33, 4. MULTIPLE APPROACHES IN EFFECT. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. NUMEROUS CRANES IN VICINITY OF AIRPORT. BIRD ACTIVITY. READBACK ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENTS. DEPARTURES TURN ON TRANSPONDERS BEFORE TAXI. READBACK ALL RWY ASSIGNMENTS AND HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. DO NOT ENTER PROHIBITED AIRSPACE N OF ARPT. USE CAUTION METAL PLATE AT TAXIWAY GOLF AND TAXIWAY JULIET. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO Z.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KDCA

Every runway threshold at KDCA. 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
01356°7,169 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
19176°7,169 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
15143°5,204 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
33323°5,204 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
0426°5,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneDeparture
22206°5,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA) is using landing 01+33, departure 01+33+04. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 01 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/KDCA or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KDCA#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Ronald Reagan Washington National 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 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA) the live call is landing 01+33, departure 01+33+04 with METAR wind CALM. 01 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 KDCA threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.