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What runway is LaGuardia Airport (LGA/KLGA) using right now?

LaGuardia Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 04. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:26 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 04Dep 04

LaGuardia Airport (LGA/KLGA) is using landing and departure 04 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
10° @ 9 kt
Direction
10°
Speed
9 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1026 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KLGA 270951Z 01009KT 10SM FEW080 FEW250 13/05 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP255 T01330050 $

FAA D-ATIS Q

Landing 04 · Departure not named · Closed none listed

LGA ATIS INFO Q 0951Z. 02009KT 10SM FEW080 FEW250 13/05 A3028 (THREE ZERO TWO EIGHT) RMK AO2 SLP255 T01330050. ILS RY 4 APCH IN USE LND RY 4. DEPART RY 13. NOTAMS... RWY 4 PAPI OTS. TAXIWAY A C CLOSED. TAXIWAY B B CLOSED SOUTH OF TAXIWAY D. USE CAUTION FOR BIRDS IN THE VICINITY OF LGA AIRPORT. LGA CLASS B SERV AVLB ON FREQ 126.05. THROGS ROUTE UNAVAILABLE FOR ALL AIRCRAFT, BETWEEN 0 6 3 0 AND 2 2 3 0 LOCAL. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO Q.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KLGA

Every runway threshold at KLGA. 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
0432°7,002 ft8.3 kt0.0 kt3.4 ktLeftLanding + departure
22212°7,002 ft0.0 kt8.3 kt3.4 ktRightStandby
13122°7,002 ft0.0 kt3.4 kt8.3 ktLeftStandby
31302°7,002 ft3.4 kt0.0 kt8.3 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is LaGuardia Airport (LGA/KLGA) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, LaGuardia Airport (LGA/KLGA) is using landing and departure 04. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. LaGuardia Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (10° @ 9 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 04 shows 8.3 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 3.4 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KLGA or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KLGA#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at LaGuardia 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 LaGuardia Airport (LGA/KLGA) the live call is landing and departure 04 with METAR wind 10° @ 9 kt. 04 shows 8.3 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 3.4 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 KLGA threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.