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What runway is General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT/MMMZ) using right now?

General Rafael Buelna International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 09. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 03:51 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 09Dep 09

General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT/MMMZ) is using landing and departure 09 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
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1013 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 02:42

METAR MMMZ 270942Z 00000KT 10SM FEW030 OVC080 24/22 A2990 RMK 8/46/ DSNT LTGIC SW BINOVC

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at MMMZ

Every runway threshold at MMMZ. 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
0993°8,868 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
27273°8,868 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT/MMMZ) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 02:42 local, General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT/MMMZ) is using landing and departure 09. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. General Rafael Buelna International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (CALM) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 09 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MMMZ or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MMMZ#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at General Rafael Buelna 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 General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT/MMMZ) the live call is landing and departure 09 with METAR wind CALM. 09 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). 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 MMMZ threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.