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What runway is McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS/KTYS) using right now?

McGhee Tyson Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 05L+05R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:13 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 05L, 05RDep 05L, 05R

McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS/KTYS) is using landing and departure 05L+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.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1026 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:12

SPECI KTYS 271012Z 00000KT 10SM FEW002 FEW250 07/06 A3028 RMK AO2 T00670056 $

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 KTYS

Every runway threshold at KTYS. 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 ktNoneLanding + departure
23R225°10,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
05R45°9,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
23L225°9,000 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS/KTYS) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:12 local, McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS/KTYS) is using landing and departure 05L+05R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. McGhee Tyson Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 05L 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/KTYS or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KTYS#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at McGhee Tyson 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 McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS/KTYS) the live call is landing and departure 05L+05R with METAR wind CALM. 05L 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 KTYS threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.