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What runway is Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP/LROP) using right now?

Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 26R+26L. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 12:58 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 26R, 26LDep 26R, 26L

Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP/LROP) is using landing and departure 26R+26L 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
290° @ 6 kt
Direction
290°
Speed
6 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1017 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 12:30

METAR LROP 271030Z 29006KT 260V330 9999 -RA OVC027 10/10 Q1017 TEMPO 5000 -RA BR BKN010 OVC025

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LROP

Every runway threshold at LROP. 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
08L84°11,484 ft0.0 kt5.4 kt2.6 ktLeftStandby
26R264°11,484 ft5.4 kt0.0 kt2.6 ktRightLanding + departure
08R84°11,484 ft0.0 kt5.4 kt2.6 ktLeftStandby
26L264°11,484 ft5.4 kt0.0 kt2.6 ktRightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP/LROP) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 12:30 local, Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP/LROP) is using landing and departure 26R+26L. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (290° @ 6 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 26R shows 5.4 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.6 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LROP or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LROP#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Bucharest Henri Coandă 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 Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP/LROP) the live call is landing and departure 26R+26L with METAR wind 290° @ 6 kt. 26R shows 5.4 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.6 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 LROP threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.