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What runway is Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU/KRDU) using right now?

Raleigh-Durham International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 05R. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:19 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 05RDep 05R

Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU/KRDU) is using landing and departure 05R 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.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1025 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KRDU 270951Z 00000KT 10SM BKN250 07/06 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP250 T00670056

FAA D-ATIS A

Landing 05R · Departure not named · Closed 05L, 23R

RDU ATIS INFO A 0951Z. 00000KT 10SM BKN250 07/06 A3027 (THREE ZERO TWO SEVEN). CNVGING APCHS IN USE. EXPECT VISUAL APCH RWY 5R, 32. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. RWY 5L, 23R CLSD. TWY D CLSD BTN TWY F AND TWY J . TWY B9 CLSD BTN TWY B AND TWY F . TWY G, H CLSD, TWY F4 CLSD. ILS RWY 5L OTS, RWY 5L MIDPOINT, RWY 23R MIDPOINT RVR OTS. FREQ 127.675 OTS, USE 124.95. RWY 5R, 23L LEAD OFF MARKING OBSCURED. RWY 5R, 23L CL MARKINGS OBSCURED. RWY 5L, 23R LEAD OFF CL MARKING FOR TWY B4 NOT STD MISSING. TWY B4 CL MARKINGS BTN RWY 5L, 23R AND TWY B NOT STD. TWY A5 TAXIWAY DIRECTION SIGN BTN RWY 5R, 23L AND TWY A NOT STD. RWY 5L ,23R CL MARKINGS NOT STD. BIRD ACT IN VCNTY OF RDU. PRACTICE INSTR APCHS AND TGL MAY BE UNAVBL DUE TO RWY CLOSURES. CTC RDU APCH PRIOR TO DEP FOR AVBL AND CDN. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO A.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KRDU

Every runway threshold at KRDU. 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
05L45°10,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
23R225°10,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
05R45°7,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
23L225°7,500 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
14135°3,570 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
32315°3,570 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU/KRDU) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU/KRDU) is using landing and departure 05R. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Raleigh-Durham International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 05R shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: 05L, 23R. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KRDU or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KRDU#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Raleigh-Durham 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 Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU/KRDU) the live call is landing and departure 05R with METAR wind CALM. 05R 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 KRDU threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.