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What runway is Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC/LEAL) using right now?

Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 28. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 11:12 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 28Dep 28

Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC/LEAL) is using landing and departure 28 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
220° @ 5 kt
Direction
220°
Speed
5 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1020 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 11:00

METAR LEAL 271000Z 22005KT 180V250 CAVOK 22/10 Q1020 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LEAL

Every runway threshold at LEAL. 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
10100°9,842 ft0.0 kt2.5 kt4.3 ktRightStandby
28280°9,842 ft2.5 kt0.0 kt4.3 ktLeftLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC/LEAL) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 11:00 local, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC/LEAL) is using landing and departure 28. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (220° @ 5 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 28 shows 2.5 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.3 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LEAL or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LEAL#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández 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 Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC/LEAL) the live call is landing and departure 28 with METAR wind 220° @ 5 kt. 28 shows 2.5 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.3 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 LEAL threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.