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What runway is Westchester County Airport (HPN/KHPN) using right now?

Westchester County Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 34. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:28 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 34Dep 34

Westchester County Airport (HPN/KHPN) is using landing and departure 34 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
330° @ 4 kt
Direction
330°
Speed
4 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1026 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KHPN 270956Z 33004KT 10SM CLR 08/04 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP258 T00830044

FAA D-ATIS N

Landing not named · Departure not named · Closed 11

HPN ATIS INFO N 0956Z. 34004KT 10SM CLR 08/04 A3029 (THREE ZERO TWO NINER) RMK AO2 SLP258 T00830044. RNAV GPS Y RWY 34 IN USE. LANDING AND DEPARTING 34, 29. NOTAMS. TWY H CLSD. C, K RUN UP PAD CLSD. RWY 11 REIL OTS. +++FOR CPDLC LOGON, USE KUSA+++. CAUTION, BIRDS NEAR AIRPORT. READBACK ALL RWY HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO N.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KHPN

Every runway threshold at KHPN. 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
16150°6,549 ft0.0 kt4.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
34330°6,549 ft4.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
11102°4,451 ft0.0 kt2.7 kt3.0 ktLeftClosed
29282°4,451 ft2.7 kt0.0 kt3.0 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Westchester County Airport (HPN/KHPN) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Westchester County Airport (HPN/KHPN) is using landing and departure 34. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Westchester County Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (330° @ 4 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 34 shows 4.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: 11. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KHPN or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KHPN#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Westchester County 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 Westchester County Airport (HPN/KHPN) the live call is landing and departure 34 with METAR wind 330° @ 4 kt. 34 shows 4.0 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 KHPN threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.