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What runway is Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) using right now?

Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 10L. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:29 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 10LDep 10L

Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) is using landing and departure 10L 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
30° @ 12 kt G26
Direction
30°
Speed
12 kt
Gusts
26 kt
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1012 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KFLL 270953Z 03012G26KT 10SM BKN030 BKN045 OVC100 26/20 A2989 RMK AO2 PK WND 05027/0858 SLP120 T02560200

FAA D-ATIS A

Landing 10L · Departure not named · Closed none listed

FLL ATIS INFO A 0953Z. 03012G26KT 10SM BKN030 BKN045 OVC100 26/20 A2989 (TWO NINER EIGHT NINER) RMK AO2 PK WND 05027/0858 SLP120 T02560200. ARRIVALS EXPECT ILS APCH RWY 10L OR 10R. DEPG RWYS RWY 10L AND 10R. PARL OPS ARE BEING CNTD. TWR FREQ IS 119.3, CTC CD ON 121.4. NOTAM. TAXIWAY A CLOSED BETWEEN FED EX RAMP AND NEW WORLD RAMP. CRANES INVOF THE AIRPORT. SHORELINE TRAFFIC. NUMEROUS BIRDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO A.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KFLL

Every runway threshold at KFLL. 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
10L90°9,000 ft6.0 kt0.0 kt10.4 kt · gust 22.5LeftLanding + departure
28R270°9,000 ft0.0 kt6.0 kt10.4 kt · gust 22.5RightStandby
10R90°8,000 ft6.0 kt0.0 kt10.4 kt · gust 22.5LeftStandby
28L270°8,000 ft0.0 kt6.0 kt10.4 kt · gust 22.5RightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) is using landing and departure 10L. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (30° @ 12 kt G26) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 10L shows 6.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 10.4 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KFLL or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KFLL#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood 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 Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) the live call is landing and departure 10L with METAR wind 30° @ 12 kt G26. 10L shows 6.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 10.4 kt crosswind from the left. 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 KFLL threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.