Spotter

Little Rock, United States of America

What runway is Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT/KLIT) using right now?

Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field active runway and live wind: landing and departure 04R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 05:26 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 04RDep 04R

Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT/KLIT) is using landing and departure 04R 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.

TAF at Tue 27 Oct, 10:00 shifts the wind to 160° at 5 kt, favoring 18 in about 4.6 hours.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1024 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 05:00

METAR KLIT 270953Z 00000KT 10SM FEW120 11/09 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP236 T01110089

FAA D-ATIS S

Landing not named · Departure not named · Closed 04L, 22R

LIT ATIS INFO S 0953Z. 00000KT 10SM FEW120 11/09 A3022 (THREE ZERO TWO TWO). SIMUL VIS APCH RWYS 4R, 36. NOTAMS... RWY 4L/22R CLSD. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO S.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KLIT

Every runway threshold at KLIT. 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
04L47°8,273 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
22R227°8,273 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
04R47°8,251 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
22L227°8,251 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
18182°6,224 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
362°6,224 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
Open the live mapSubscribe for alerts

Questions

What runway is Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT/KLIT) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 05:00 local, Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT/KLIT) is using landing and departure 04R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 04R shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: 04L, 22R. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KLIT or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KLIT#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field?

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 Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT/KLIT) the live call is landing and departure 04R with METAR wind CALM. 04R 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 KLIT threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.