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What runway is Chişinău International Airport (KIV/LUKK) using right now?

Chişinău International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 08. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 12:54 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 08Dep 08

Chişinău International Airport (KIV/LUKK) is using landing and departure 08 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
40° @ 10 kt
Direction
40°
Speed
10 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1017 hPa
Flight category
IFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 12:30

METAR LUKK 271030Z 04010KT 9999 OVC007 12/11 Q1017 TEMPO BKN008

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at LUKK

Every runway threshold at LUKK. 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
0888°11,778 ft6.7 kt0.0 kt7.4 ktLeftLanding + departure
26268°11,778 ft0.0 kt6.7 kt7.4 ktRightStandby
0997°7,818 ft5.4 kt0.0 kt8.4 ktLeftStandby
27277°7,818 ft0.0 kt5.4 kt8.4 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Chişinău International Airport (KIV/LUKK) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 12:30 local, Chişinău International Airport (KIV/LUKK) is using landing and departure 08. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Chişinău International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (40° @ 10 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 08 shows 6.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 7.4 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LUKK or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/LUKK#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Chişinău 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 Chişinău International Airport (KIV/LUKK) the live call is landing and departure 08 with METAR wind 40° @ 10 kt. 08 shows 6.7 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 7.4 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 LUKK threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.