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Sofia, Bulgaria

What runway is Sofia Airport (SOF/LBSF) using right now?

Sofia Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 27. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 12:13 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 27Dep 27

Sofia Airport (SOF/LBSF) is using landing and departure 27 right now. The badge is the confidence from the live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR and TAF wind vector, scored against every threshold.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
310° @ 7 kt
Direction
310°
Speed
7 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1018 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 12:00

METAR LBSF 271000Z 31007KT 260V340 9999 FEW021 SCT038 OVC051 08/03 Q1018 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LBSF

Every runway threshold at LBSF. 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
0995°11,811 ft0.0 kt5.7 kt4.0 ktLeftStandby
27275°11,811 ft5.7 kt0.0 kt4.0 ktRightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Sofia Airport (SOF/LBSF) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 12:00 local, Sofia Airport (SOF/LBSF) is using landing and departure 27. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Sofia Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (310° @ 7 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 27 shows 5.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.0 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LBSF or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LBSF#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Sofia 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 Sofia Airport (SOF/LBSF) the live call is landing and departure 27 with METAR wind 310° @ 7 kt. 27 shows 5.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.0 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 LBSF threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.