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What runway is OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC/KOKC) using right now?

OKC Will Rogers World Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 17L. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 05:22 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 17LDep 17L

OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC/KOKC) is using landing and departure 17L 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
150° @ 7 kt
Direction
150°
Speed
7 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1021 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 05:00

METAR KOKC 270952Z 15007KT 10SM SCT070 14/11 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01390106

FAA D-ATIS Q

Landing 17L · Departure not named · Closed none listed

OKC ATIS INFO Q 0952Z. 16007KT 10SM SCT070 14/11 A3014 (THREE ZERO ONE FOUR) RMK AO2 SLP197 T01390106. SIMUL VISA RWY 17L AND RWY 17R VISA RWY 13 AVBL ON RQ IN USE. BE ALERT. DO NOT MISTAKE PWA 8.8 MI NNW FOR OKC. NOTAMS... ILS RWY 17L OTS. .9 MILES NW OKC CRANE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE FEET FLAGGED AND LIT. RWY 17L 35R PAPIS NOT INSTALLED. RAMP IS UNCONTROLLED DO NOT CALL FOR PUSH OR POWERBACK. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO Q.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KOKC

Every runway threshold at KOKC. 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
17L180°9,802 ft6.1 kt0.0 kt3.5 ktLeftLanding + departure
35R360°9,802 ft0.0 kt6.1 kt3.5 ktRightStandby
17R180°9,801 ft6.1 kt0.0 kt3.5 ktLeftStandby
35L360°9,801 ft0.0 kt6.1 kt3.5 ktRightStandby
13135°7,800 ft6.8 kt0.0 kt1.8 ktRightStandby
31315°7,800 ft0.0 kt6.8 kt1.8 ktLeftStandby
18180°3,079 ft6.1 kt0.0 kt3.5 ktLeftStandby
36360°3,079 ft0.0 kt6.1 kt3.5 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC/KOKC) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 05:00 local, OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC/KOKC) is using landing and departure 17L. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. OKC Will Rogers World Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (150° @ 7 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 17L shows 6.1 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 3.5 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KOKC or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KOKC#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at OKC Will Rogers World 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 OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC/KOKC) the live call is landing and departure 17L with METAR wind 150° @ 7 kt. 17L shows 6.1 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 3.5 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 KOKC threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.