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What runway is Kansas City International Airport (MCI/KMCI) using right now?

Kansas City International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 19L. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 05:25 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 19LDep 19L

Kansas City International Airport (MCI/KMCI) is using landing and departure 19L 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
180° @ 8 kt
Direction
180°
Speed
8 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1020 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 05:00

METAR KMCI 270953Z 18008KT 10SM OVC230 13/10 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01280100 $

FAA D-ATIS P

Landing 19L · Departure not named · Closed none listed

MCI ATIS INFO P 0953Z. 18008KT 10SM OVC230 13/10 A3013 (THREE ZERO ONE THREE). ARRIVALS EXPECT VISUAL APCH RWY 19L, 19R. SIMUL APPROACHES IN USE. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. TDWR OTS. TWY D BTN J AND C 9 CLSD TO ACFT WINGSPAN MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN FEET. MIGRATORY WATERFOWL IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA. RAMP CONTROL OPEN FREQ NORTH 128.975 SOUTH 130.825. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO P.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KMCI

Every runway threshold at KMCI. 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
01L13°10,801 ft0.0 kt7.8 kt1.8 ktRightStandby
19R193°10,801 ft7.8 kt0.0 kt1.8 ktLeftStandby
0996°9,501 ft0.9 kt0.0 kt8.0 ktRightStandby
27276°9,501 ft0.0 kt0.9 kt8.0 ktLeftStandby
01R13°9,500 ft0.0 kt7.8 kt1.8 ktRightStandby
19L193°9,500 ft7.8 kt0.0 kt1.8 ktLeftLanding + departure
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What runway is Kansas City International Airport (MCI/KMCI) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 05:00 local, Kansas City International Airport (MCI/KMCI) is using landing and departure 19L. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Kansas City International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (180° @ 8 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 19L shows 7.8 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.8 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KMCI or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KMCI#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Kansas City 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 Kansas City International Airport (MCI/KMCI) the live call is landing and departure 19L with METAR wind 180° @ 8 kt. 19L shows 7.8 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.8 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 KMCI threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.