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What runway is Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER/LGIR) using right now?

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 09. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 13:06 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 09Dep 09

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER/LGIR) is using landing and departure 09 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
10° @ 6 kt
Direction
10°
Speed
6 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1012 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 13:00

METAR LGIR 271050Z 01006KT 9999 SCT018 21/15 Q1012 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LGIR

Every runway threshold at LGIR. 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°8,904 ft0.5 kt0.0 kt6.0 ktLeftLanding + departure
27275°8,904 ft0.0 kt0.5 kt6.0 ktRightStandby
12126°5,138 ft0.0 kt2.6 kt5.4 ktLeftStandby
30306°5,138 ft2.6 kt0.0 kt5.4 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER/LGIR) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 13:00 local, Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER/LGIR) is using landing and departure 09. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (10° @ 6 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 09 shows 0.5 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 6.0 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LGIR or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LGIR#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis 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 Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER/LGIR) the live call is landing and departure 09 with METAR wind 10° @ 6 kt. 09 shows 0.5 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 6.0 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 LGIR threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.