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What runway is Indianapolis International Airport (IND/KIND) using right now?

Indianapolis International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 05L+23R. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:27 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 05L, 23RDep 05L, 23R

Indianapolis International Airport (IND/KIND) is using landing and departure 05L+23R 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.

TAF at Tue 27 Oct, 12:00 shifts the wind to 160° at 7 kt, favoring 14 in about 5.5 hours.

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 KIND 270954Z 00000KT 10SM BKN250 11/09 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP251 T01110094

FAA D-ATIS J

Landing 23R, 05L · Departure not named · Closed none listed

IND ATIS INFO J 0954Z. 00000KT 10SM BKN250 11/09 A3028 (THREE ZERO TWO EIGHT). PARL ILS RWY 23R AND 23L APPROACHES IN USE. CROSS RUNWAY OPERATIONS MAY BE IN EFFECT. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. ILS RWY 5L IM 5R IM OTS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO J.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KIND

Every runway threshold at KIND. 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
05L45°11,200 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
23R225°11,200 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
05R45°10,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
23L225°10,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
14135°7,278 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
32315°7,278 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Indianapolis International Airport (IND/KIND) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Indianapolis International Airport (IND/KIND) is using landing and departure 05L+23R. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Indianapolis International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 05L 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/KIND or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KIND#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Indianapolis 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 Indianapolis International Airport (IND/KIND) the live call is landing and departure 05L+23R with METAR wind CALM. 05L 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 KIND threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.