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What runway is Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR/KMHR) using right now?

Sacramento Mather Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 04R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 03:24 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 04RDep 04R

Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR/KMHR) 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.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
130° @ 7 kt
Direction
130°
Speed
7 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1017 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 03:15

METAR KMHR 271015Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3004 RMK AO2 T00880081

FAA D-ATIS text is not available for this airport right now. The runway call follows the NOAA METAR wind vector.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KMHR

Every runway threshold at KMHR. 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
04R54°11,301 ft1.6 kt0.0 kt6.8 ktRightLanding + departure
22L234°11,301 ft0.0 kt1.6 kt6.8 ktLeftStandby
04L54°6,081 ft1.7 kt0.0 kt6.8 ktRightStandby
22R234°6,081 ft0.0 kt1.7 kt6.8 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR/KMHR) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 03:15 local, Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR/KMHR) is using landing and departure 04R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Sacramento Mather Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (130° @ 7 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 04R shows 1.6 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 6.8 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KMHR or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KMHR#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Sacramento Mather 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 Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR/KMHR) the live call is landing and departure 04R with METAR wind 130° @ 7 kt. 04R shows 1.6 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 6.8 kt crosswind from the right. 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 KMHR threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.