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What runway is Esenboğa International Airport (ESB/LTAC) using right now?

Esenboğa International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 21L+21R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 13:56 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 21L, 21RDep 21L, 21R

Esenboğa International Airport (ESB/LTAC) is using landing and departure 21L+21R right now. The badge is the confidence from the live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR and TAF wind vector, scored against every threshold.

TAF at Tue 27 Oct, 17:00 shifts the wind to 10° at 12 kt, favoring 03R+03L in about 3.1 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
280° @ 10 kt G20
Direction
280°
Speed
10 kt
Gusts
20 kt
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1014 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 14:00

METAR LTAC 271050Z 28010G20KT 210V310 9999 SCT040 BKN100 16/10 Q1014 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LTAC

Every runway threshold at LTAC. 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
03R35°12,303 ft0.0 kt4.3 kt9.0 kt · gust 18.1LeftStandby
21L215°12,303 ft4.3 kt0.0 kt9.0 kt · gust 18.1RightLanding + departure
03L36°11,125 ft0.0 kt4.4 kt9.0 kt · gust 18.0LeftStandby
21R216°11,125 ft4.4 kt0.0 kt9.0 kt · gust 18.0RightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Esenboğa International Airport (ESB/LTAC) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 14:00 local, Esenboğa International Airport (ESB/LTAC) is using landing and departure 21L+21R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Esenboğa International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (280° @ 10 kt G20) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 21L shows 4.3 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 9.0 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LTAC or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LTAC#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Esenboğa 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 Esenboğa International Airport (ESB/LTAC) the live call is landing and departure 21L+21R with METAR wind 280° @ 10 kt G20. 21L shows 4.3 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 9.0 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 LTAC threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.