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What runway is Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA) using right now?

Miami International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 27. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:24 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 27Dep 27

Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA) is using landing and departure 27 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, 08:00 shifts the wind to 30° at 15 kt, favoring 08R in about 1.6 hours.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
30° @ 6 kt G15
Direction
30°
Speed
6 kt
Gusts
15 kt
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1012 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KMIA 270953Z 03006G15KT 10SM SCT030 SCT040 24/21 A2989 RMK AO2 RAE0856 SLP122 P0000 T02440206 $

FAA D-ATIS L

Landing 27 · Departure not named · Closed 08L, 26R, 09

MIA ARR INFO L 0953Z. 03006G15KT 10SM SCT030 SCT040 24/21 A2989 (TWO NINER EIGHT NINER) RMK AO2 RAE0856 SLP122 P0000 T02440206. APCHS BEING CONDUCTED TO PARL CONVERGING AND INTERSECTING RWYS. ARRIVALS EXPECT ILS RWY 9, RWY 12 . LDA RWY 12 TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 9 IS 8100FT. LDA RWY 9 TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 12 IS 9750FT. IF UNA TO HOLD SHORT NTFY APCH ON INITIAL CTC OR ASAP. TWR FREQ IS 118.3, CD FREQ 121.8. NOTICE TO AIR MEN. RWYS 8L, 26R CLSD. TWY N CLSD BTN TWY, Z AND TWY M2, TWY P CLSD BTN TWY, Z AND TWY Q2, TWY K1 CLSD BTN TWY, K AND TWY L, TWY K2 CLSD BTN TWY, K AND TWY L, TWY K3 CLSD BTN TWY, K AND TWY L, TWY Q CLSD BTN TWY Q1 AND TWY Q2 FOR AIRCRAFT ADG GROUP 6. TWY L1 CLSD. RWY 9 MALSR OTS, RY 8L, 26R CL LGTS OTS, TWY N LGTS BTN TWY, JJ AND TWY N12 OTS. ILS RWY 27 OTS. BIRDS INVOF MIA. ALL ACFT READ BACK ALL HOLD SHRT INSTRUCTIONS AND ASSIGNED ALT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO L.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KMIA

Every runway threshold at KMIA. 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
0987°13,016 ft3.3 kt0.0 kt5.0 kt · gust 12.6LeftClosed
27267°13,016 ft0.0 kt3.3 kt5.0 kt · gust 12.6RightLanding + departure
08R87°10,506 ft3.3 kt0.0 kt5.0 kt · gust 12.6LeftStandby
26L267°10,506 ft0.0 kt3.3 kt5.0 kt · gust 12.6RightStandby
12119°9,360 ft0.1 kt0.0 kt6.0 kt · gust 15.0LeftStandby
30299°9,360 ft0.0 kt0.1 kt6.0 kt · gust 15.0RightStandby
08L87°8,600 ft3.2 kt0.0 kt5.1 kt · gust 12.6LeftClosed
26R267°8,600 ft0.0 kt3.2 kt5.1 kt · gust 12.6RightClosed
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Questions

What runway is Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA) is using landing and departure 27. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Miami International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (30° @ 6 kt G15) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 27 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 3.3 kt tailwind, and 5.0 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: 08L, 26R, 09. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KMIA or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KMIA#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Miami 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 Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA) the live call is landing and departure 27 with METAR wind 30° @ 6 kt G15. 27 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 3.3 kt tailwind, and 5.0 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 KMIA threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.