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What runway is Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD/KIAD) using right now?

Washington Dulles International Airport active runway and live wind: landing 01R+01L, departure 30. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:28 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 01R, 01LDep 30

Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD/KIAD) is using landing 01R+01L, departure 30 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 a departure, not a landing runway. The landing runway is the wind vector.

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 KIAD 270952Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/06 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP252 T00720061

FAA D-ATIS P

Landing not named · Departure 30 · Closed 01C, 19C

IAD ATIS INFO P 0952Z. 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/06 A3028 (THREE ZERO TWO EIGHT) RMK AO2 SLP252 T00720061. ILS/VA APCH RWY 1R, RWY 1L. DEPG RWY 30. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. RWY 1C/19C CLSD. TWY W2 CLSD, TWY Q CLSD BTN TWY, Y AND TWY T, TWY Y CLSD BTN TWY, F AND TWY Y11. BIRD ACTIVITY VICINITY ARPT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO P.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KIAD

Every runway threshold at KIAD. 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
01C1°11,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
19C181°11,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
01R1°11,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding
19L181°11,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
12111°10,501 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
30291°10,501 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneDeparture
01L1°9,400 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding
19R181°9,400 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD/KIAD) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD/KIAD) is using landing 01R+01L, departure 30. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Washington Dulles International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 01R shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: 01C, 19C. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KIAD or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KIAD#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Washington Dulles 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 Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD/KIAD) the live call is landing 01R+01L, departure 30 with METAR wind CALM. 01R 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 KIAD threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.