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Norfolk, United States of America

What runway is Norfolk International Airport (ORF/KORF) using right now?

Norfolk International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 23. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:21 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 23Dep 23

Norfolk International Airport (ORF/KORF) is using landing and departure 23 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.

TAF at Tue 27 Oct, 10:00 shifts the wind to 50° at 10 kt, favoring 05 in about 3.6 hours.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
230° @ 3 kt
Direction
230°
Speed
3 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1024 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KORF 270951Z 23003KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP238 T00780067

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 KORF

Every runway threshold at KORF. 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
0538°9,001 ft0.0 kt2.9 kt0.6 ktLeftStandby
23218°9,001 ft2.9 kt0.0 kt0.6 ktRightLanding + departure
14128°4,876 ft0.0 kt0.6 kt2.9 ktRightStandby
32308°4,876 ft0.6 kt0.0 kt2.9 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is Norfolk International Airport (ORF/KORF) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Norfolk International Airport (ORF/KORF) is using landing and departure 23. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Norfolk International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (230° @ 3 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 23 shows 2.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.6 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KORF or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KORF#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Norfolk 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 Norfolk International Airport (ORF/KORF) the live call is landing and departure 23 with METAR wind 230° @ 3 kt. 23 shows 2.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.6 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 KORF threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.