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What runway is Ontario International Airport (ONT/KONT) using right now?

Ontario International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 08L+08R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 03:22 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 08L, 08RDep 08L, 08R

Ontario International Airport (ONT/KONT) is using landing and departure 08L+08R 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
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1017 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 03:00

METAR KONT 270953Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/11 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP152 T01500106

FAA D-ATIS Z

Landing not named · Departure not named · Closed 26L

ONT ATIS INFO Z 0953Z. 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/11 A3002 (THREE ZERO ZERO TWO). ILS AND VIS APR IN USE, RY26L & RY26R. LNDG AND DEPG RY 26L AND RY 26R. NOTAMS... TWY G CLSD. RY 26L IM OTS, RY 26R ALS OTS. PILOTS READBACK RWY ASSIGNMENTS AND HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO Z.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KONT

Every runway threshold at KONT. 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
08L90°12,197 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
26R270°12,197 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
08R90°10,200 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
26L270°10,200 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
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Questions

What runway is Ontario International Airport (ONT/KONT) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 03:00 local, Ontario International Airport (ONT/KONT) is using landing and departure 08L+08R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Ontario International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 08L shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: 26L. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KONT or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KONT#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Ontario 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 Ontario International Airport (ONT/KONT) the live call is landing and departure 08L+08R with METAR wind CALM. 08L 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 KONT threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.