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What runway is Vienna International Airport (VIE/LOWW) using right now?

Vienna International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 11. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 12:00 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 11Dep 11

Vienna International Airport (VIE/LOWW) is using landing and departure 11 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
70° @ 3 kt
Direction
70°
Speed
3 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1024 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 12:00

METAR LOWW 271050Z 07003KT 340V150 CAVOK 11/05 Q1024 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LOWW

Every runway threshold at LOWW. 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
16164°11,811 ft0.0 kt0.2 kt3.0 ktLeftStandby
34344°11,811 ft0.2 kt0.0 kt3.0 ktRightStandby
11116°11,483 ft2.1 kt0.0 kt2.2 ktLeftLanding + departure
29296°11,483 ft0.0 kt2.1 kt2.2 ktRightStandby
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What runway is Vienna International Airport (VIE/LOWW) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 12:00 local, Vienna International Airport (VIE/LOWW) is using landing and departure 11. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Vienna International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (70° @ 3 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 11 shows 2.1 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.2 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LOWW or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LOWW#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Vienna International 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 Vienna International Airport (VIE/LOWW) the live call is landing and departure 11 with METAR wind 70° @ 3 kt. 11 shows 2.1 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.2 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 LOWW threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.