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What runway is Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT/KPIT) using right now?

Pittsburgh International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 32. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:20 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 32Dep 32

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT/KPIT) is using landing and departure 32 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 60° at 3 kt, favoring 10R+10C+10L in about 3.7 hours.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
6 sm
Pressure
1027 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KPIT 270951Z 00000KT 6SM BR OVC210 09/08 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP274 T00940083

FAA D-ATIS P

Landing 32 · Departure not named · Closed 28R

PIT ARR INFO P 0951Z. 00000KT 6SM BR OVC210 09/08 A3032 (THREE ZERO THREE TWO) RMK AO2 SLP274 T00940083. ARRIVALS EXPECT ILS RWY 32. GROUND CONTROL NORTH AND SOUTH COMBINED ON FREQ 121.9. NOTAMS... RWY 28R CLSD. TWYS CLSD, B2, B3, B4, B6, B7, AA BTN RWY, 28R AND A . MAIN TERMINAL RAMP IS UNCONTROLLED DO NOT CALL FOR PUSHBACK. BIRD ACTVTY VCNTY PIT. READ BACK RWY HOLD SHORT INSTXNS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO P.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KPIT

Every runway threshold at KPIT. 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
10R92°11,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
28L272°11,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
10C92°10,775 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
28C272°10,775 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
10L92°10,502 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
28R272°10,502 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
14136°8,101 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
32316°8,101 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
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What runway is Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT/KPIT) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT/KPIT) is using landing and departure 32. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Pittsburgh International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 32 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: 28R. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KPIT or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KPIT#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT/KPIT) the live call is landing and departure 32 with METAR wind CALM. 32 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 KPIT threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.