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What runway is Richmond International Airport (RIC/KRIC) using right now?

Richmond International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 16. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:19 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 16Dep 16

Richmond International Airport (RIC/KRIC) is using landing and departure 16 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 30° at 7 kt, favoring 02 in about 3.7 hours.

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 KRIC 270954Z 00000KT 10SM FEW250 09/08 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP251 T00940078

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 KRIC

Every runway threshold at KRIC. 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
16148°9,003 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
34328°9,003 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
0213°6,607 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
20193°6,607 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Richmond International Airport (RIC/KRIC) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Richmond International Airport (RIC/KRIC) is using landing and departure 16. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Richmond International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 16 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KRIC or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KRIC#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Richmond 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 Richmond International Airport (RIC/KRIC) the live call is landing and departure 16 with METAR wind CALM. 16 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 KRIC threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.