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What runway is Bilbao Airport (BIO/LEBB) using right now?

Bilbao Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 12+10. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 11:11 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 12, 10Dep 12, 10

Bilbao Airport (BIO/LEBB) is using landing and departure 12+10 right now. The badge is the confidence from the live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR and TAF wind vector, scored against every threshold.

TAF at Tue 27 Oct, 13:00 shifts the wind to 320° at 10 kt, favoring 30 in about 1.8 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
VRB @ 2 kt
Direction
Variable
Speed
2 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1020 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 11:00

METAR LEBB 271000Z VRB02KT CAVOK 19/15 Q1020 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LEBB

Every runway threshold at LEBB. 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
12117°8,530 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
30297°8,530 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
1097°6,266 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
28277°6,266 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Bilbao Airport (BIO/LEBB) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 11:00 local, Bilbao Airport (BIO/LEBB) is using landing and departure 12+10. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Bilbao Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (VRB @ 2 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 12 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/LEBB or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LEBB#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Bilbao 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 Bilbao Airport (BIO/LEBB) the live call is landing and departure 12+10 with METAR wind VRB @ 2 kt. 12 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 LEBB threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.