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What runway is Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO/LPPR) using right now?

Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 17. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 11:00 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 17Dep 17

Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO/LPPR) is using landing and departure 17 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
180° @ 10 kt
Direction
180°
Speed
10 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1022 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 10:30

METAR LPPR 271030Z 18010KT 9999 SCT012 BKN023 18/15 Q1022

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LPPR

Every runway threshold at LPPR. 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
17173°11,417 ft9.9 kt0.0 kt1.3 ktRightLanding + departure
35353°11,417 ft0.0 kt9.9 kt1.3 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO/LPPR) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 10:30 local, Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO/LPPR) is using landing and departure 17. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (180° @ 10 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 17 shows 9.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.3 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LPPR or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LPPR#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Francisco de Sá Carneiro 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 Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO/LPPR) the live call is landing and departure 17 with METAR wind 180° @ 10 kt. 17 shows 9.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.3 kt crosswind from the right. 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 LPPR threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.