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What runway is Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW/KRSW) using right now?

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

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 06Dep 06

Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW/KRSW) is using landing and departure 06 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.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
20° @ 8 kt
Direction
20°
Speed
8 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1015 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KRSW 270953Z 02008KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02060183

FAA D-ATIS V

Landing not named · Departure not named · Closed none listed

RSW ATIS INFO V 0953Z. 02008KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2998 (TWO NINER NINER EIGHT) RMK AO2 SLP148 T02060183. VISUAL APPROACH RWY 6 IN USE. CD AND GC COMBINED ON 128.75. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. TWY F1, TWY F2 CLSD, TWY G1 CLSD, TAXIWAY GOLF 2 CLOSED TO AIRCRAFT WINGSPAN MORE THAN 118 FEET. TWY, F BTN, F1 AND G2 CLSD, TWY, H BTN, G3 AND G4 CLSD. GS RWY 6 OTS, NMRS MARKINGS NOT STD CHECK NOTAMS, RSW VOR OTS. NUMEROUS CRANES INVOF THE AIRPORT. HAZD WX FOR THE RSW AREA AVBL ON FLIGHT SVC FREQS. CAUTION, BIRDS AND WILDLIFE ON AND IN THE VCNTY OF KRSW. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO V.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KRSW

Every runway threshold at KRSW. 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
0654°12,000 ft6.6 kt0.0 kt4.5 ktLeftLanding + departure
24234°12,000 ft0.0 kt6.6 kt4.5 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW/KRSW) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW/KRSW) is using landing and departure 06. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Southwest Florida International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (20° @ 8 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 06 shows 6.6 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.5 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KRSW or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KRSW#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Southwest Florida 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 Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW/KRSW) the live call is landing and departure 06 with METAR wind 20° @ 8 kt. 06 shows 6.6 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.5 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 KRSW threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.