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What runway is El Paso International Airport (ELP/KELP) using right now?

El Paso International Airport active runway and live wind: landing 22, departure 22+26L. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 04:30 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 22Dep 22, 26L

El Paso International Airport (ELP/KELP) is using landing 22, departure 22+26L 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
1020 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 03:00

METAR KELP 270851Z 00000KT 10SM SCT095 BKN250 17/14 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP140 SHRA N T01670139 57002

FAA D-ATIS S

Landing 22 · Departure 22, 26L · Closed none listed

ELP ATIS INFO S 0951Z. 00000KT 10SM FEW080 FEW110 SCT250 16/14 A3011 (THREE ZERO ONE ONE). EXP VISUAL APCH RY 22, 26L. DEPG RWYS 22, 26L. SIMUL APCHS TO PARALLEL AND CONVERGING RUNWAYS IN USE. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. HAZD WX INFO FOR ELP AREA AVBL FM FSS. READBACK ALL RY HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. USE CAUTION BIGGS ARMY AIRFIELD LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF ELP. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO S.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KELP

Every runway threshold at KELP. 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
0450°12,020 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
22230°12,020 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
08R93°9,025 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
26L273°9,025 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneDeparture
08L88°5,499 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
26R268°5,499 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is El Paso International Airport (ELP/KELP) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 03:00 local, El Paso International Airport (ELP/KELP) is using landing 22, departure 22+26L. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. El Paso International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 22 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/KELP or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KELP#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at El Paso 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 El Paso International Airport (ELP/KELP) the live call is landing 22, departure 22+26L with METAR wind CALM. 22 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 KELP threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.