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What runway is Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC/KSLC) using right now?

Salt Lake City International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 16R+17. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 04:16 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 16R, 17Dep 16R, 17

Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC/KSLC) is using landing and departure 16R+17 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
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1018 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 04:00

METAR KSLC 270954Z 00000KT 10SM FEW090 08/05 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP157 T00780050 $

FAA D-ATIS W

Landing not named · Departure not named · Closed 16L, 34R

SLC ATIS INFO W 0854Z. 29005KT 10SM SCT095 08/06 A3007 (THREE ZERO ZERO SEVEN). SIMULTANEOUS APPROACHES IN USE, RNAV Z RY 34L LDA/DME RY 35, OR VISUAL APCHS IN USE. NOTICES TO AIRMEN. RWY 16L CLSD. RWY 34R CLSD. TWY G CLSD BTN TWY, U AND TWY G9 , TWY G1 CLSD BTN TWY, H AND TWY G , TWY M CLSD BTN RWY, 34R AND TWY L , TWY H1, H2, H3, H7, H8, H9, H ELEVEN, H TWELVE, H THIRTEEN CLOSED. RWY 17 GS OTS. DUE TO RUNWAY CLOSURE VFR OPERATIONS MAY NOT BE ACCOMMODATED DURING HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME. BIRD ACTIVITY. HAZD WX FOR SLC AREA. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO W.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KSLC

Every runway threshold at KSLC. 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
16L175°12,002 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
34R355°12,002 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneClosed
16R175°12,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
34L355°12,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
17180°9,596 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
35360°9,596 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC/KSLC) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 04:00 local, Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC/KSLC) is using landing and departure 16R+17. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Salt Lake City International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 16R shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: 16L, 34R. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KSLC or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KSLC#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC/KSLC) the live call is landing and departure 16R+17 with METAR wind CALM. 16R 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 KSLC threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.