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What runway is Portland International Airport (PDX/KPDX) using right now?

Portland International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 28L+28R. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 03:21 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 28L, 28RDep 28L, 28R

Portland International Airport (PDX/KPDX) is using landing and departure 28L+28R 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, 05:00 shifts the wind to 210° at 4 kt, favoring 21 in about 1.6 hours.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
200° @ 4 kt
Direction
200°
Speed
4 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1017 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 03:16

SPECI KPDX 271016Z 20004KT 10SM BKN014 OVC050 12/10 A3003 RMK AO2 T01170100 $

FAA D-ATIS J

Landing 28R, 28L · Departure not named · Closed none listed

PDX ATIS INFO J 0953Z. 16003KT 10SM FEW014 OVC048 11/10 A3003 (THREE ZERO ZERO THREE). ILS, RWY 28R, SIMUL, ILS, RWY 28L APCH IN USE. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. TWY K CLSD BTN GATES D9 AND E1. RY 10L PAPI OTS. RWY 10R IM OTS. TWR FREQ ALL RWYS 123.77. FOR CD CONTACT GC ON 121.9. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO J.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KPDX

Every runway threshold at KPDX. 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
10R119°11,000 ft0.6 kt0.0 kt4.0 ktRightStandby
28L299°11,000 ft0.0 kt0.6 kt4.0 ktLeftLanding + departure
10L119°9,825 ft0.6 kt0.0 kt4.0 ktRightStandby
28R299°9,825 ft0.0 kt0.6 kt4.0 ktLeftLanding + departure
0345°6,000 ft0.0 kt3.6 kt1.7 ktRightStandby
21225°6,000 ft3.6 kt0.0 kt1.7 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is Portland International Airport (PDX/KPDX) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 03:16 local, Portland International Airport (PDX/KPDX) is using landing and departure 28L+28R. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Portland International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (200° @ 4 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 28L shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.6 kt tailwind, and 4.0 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KPDX or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KPDX#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Portland 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 Portland International Airport (PDX/KPDX) the live call is landing and departure 28L+28R with METAR wind 200° @ 4 kt. 28L shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.6 kt tailwind, and 4.0 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 KPDX threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.