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What runway is Eppley Airfield (OMA/KOMA) using right now?

Eppley Airfield active runway and live wind: landing and departure 14R+14L+18. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 05:22 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 14R, 14L, 18Dep 14R, 14L, 18

Eppley Airfield (OMA/KOMA) is using landing and departure 14R+14L+18 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, 10:00 shifts the wind to 310° at 3 kt, favoring 32L+32R in about 4.6 hours.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

NOAA METAR was unavailable, so the wind vector assumes calm air and prefers the longer runways.

FAA D-ATIS M

Landing 14R, 14L, 18 · Departure not named · Closed none listed

OMA ATIS INFO M 0952Z. 21007KT 10SM OVC019 18/13 A3008 (THREE ZERO ZERO EIGHT) RMK AO2 SLP181 T01780133. VISUAL APCH 14R, 14L, 18 IN USE. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. ILS RWY 18 GS OTS, RY 14R IM OTS, RY 14L MIDPOINT RVR OTS, RY 18 MIDPOINT RVR OTS, RWY 18 PAPI OTS, VOT 109.0 OTS, FREQUENCY 119.9 OTS, CONTACT GROUND FOR CLEARANCE. RY14R ILS CAT II APCH NOT AUTH, CAT III APCH NOT AUTH. BIRD ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF OMAHA AIRPORT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO M.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KOMA

Every runway threshold at KOMA. 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
14R144°9,502 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
32L324°9,502 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
14L144°8,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
32R324°8,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
18180°8,154 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
36360°8,154 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Eppley Airfield (OMA/KOMA) using right now?

As of the latest cycle local, Eppley Airfield (OMA/KOMA) is using landing and departure 14R+14L+18. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Eppley Airfield active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (Unavailable) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 14R shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KOMA or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KOMA#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Eppley Airfield?

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 Eppley Airfield (OMA/KOMA) the live call is landing and departure 14R+14L+18 with METAR wind Unavailable. 14R 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 KOMA threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.