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Zaragoza, Spain

What runway is Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ/LEZG) using right now?

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

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 12R, 12LDep 12R, 12L

Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ/LEZG) is using landing and departure 12R+12L 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

NOAA METAR was unavailable, so the wind vector assumes calm air and prefers the longer runways.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LEZG

Every runway threshold at LEZG. 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
12R120°12,198 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
30L300°12,198 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
12L120°9,843 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
30R300°9,843 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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What runway is Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ/LEZG) using right now?

As of the latest cycle local, Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ/LEZG) is using landing and departure 12R+12L. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Zaragoza Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (Unavailable) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 12R 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/LEZG or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LEZG#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Zaragoza 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 Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ/LEZG) the live call is landing and departure 12R+12L with METAR wind Unavailable. 12R 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 LEZG threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.