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What runway is Menorca Airport (MAH/LEMH) using right now?

Menorca Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 19. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 11:10 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 19Dep 19

Menorca Airport (MAH/LEMH) is using landing and departure 19 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
190° @ 7 kt
Direction
190°
Speed
7 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1020 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 11:00

METAR LEMH 271000Z 19007KT 130V230 9999 SCT020 23/18 Q1020

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LEMH

Every runway threshold at LEMH. 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
018°8,366 ft0.0 kt7.0 kt0.2 ktLeftStandby
19188°8,366 ft7.0 kt0.0 kt0.2 ktRightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Menorca Airport (MAH/LEMH) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 11:00 local, Menorca Airport (MAH/LEMH) is using landing and departure 19. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Menorca Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (190° @ 7 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 19 shows 7.0 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/LEMH or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LEMH#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Menorca 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 Menorca Airport (MAH/LEMH) the live call is landing and departure 19 with METAR wind 190° @ 7 kt. 19 shows 7.0 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 LEMH threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.