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What runway is San Diego International Airport (SAN/KSAN) using right now?

San Diego International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 27. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 03:18 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 27Dep 27

San Diego International Airport (SAN/KSAN) is using landing and departure 27 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
50° @ 3 kt
Direction
50°
Speed
3 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1016 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 03:00

METAR KSAN 270951Z 05003KT 10SM SCT023 17/15 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 T01720150 $

FAA D-ATIS C

Landing 27 · Departure 27 · Closed none listed

SAN ATIS INFO C 0951Z. 04003KT 10SM SCT023 17/15 A3001 (THREE ZERO ZERO ONE). LANDING RUNWAY 27 LOCALIZER, VISUAL, RNAV APPROACHES IN USE. DEPG RWY 27. RY 9 THRESHOLD LGTS OTS. MZB TACAN OTS. NO OFFSHORE TRANSITIONS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO C.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KSAN

Every runway threshold at KSAN. 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
09106°9,401 ft1.7 kt0.0 kt2.5 ktLeftStandby
27286°9,401 ft0.0 kt1.7 kt2.5 ktRightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is San Diego International Airport (SAN/KSAN) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 03:00 local, San Diego International Airport (SAN/KSAN) is using landing and departure 27. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. San Diego International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (50° @ 3 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 27 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 1.7 kt tailwind, and 2.5 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KSAN or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KSAN#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at San Diego 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 San Diego International Airport (SAN/KSAN) the live call is landing and departure 27 with METAR wind 50° @ 3 kt. 27 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 1.7 kt tailwind, and 2.5 kt crosswind from the right. 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 KSAN threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.