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What runway is General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (TIJ/MMTJ) using right now?

General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 09. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 03:49 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 09Dep 09

General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (TIJ/MMTJ) 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.

TAF at Tue 27 Oct, 09:00 shifts the wind to 270° at 10 kt, favoring 27 in about 5.2 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
8 sm
Pressure
1017 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 02:43

METAR MMTJ 270943Z 00000KT 8SM SKC 15/12 A3004 RMK HZY ISOL SC

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at MMTJ

Every runway threshold at MMTJ. 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
0999°9,711 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
27279°9,711 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (TIJ/MMTJ) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 02:43 local, General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (TIJ/MMTJ) is using landing and departure 09. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. General Abelardo L. Rodriguez 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/MMTJ or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MMTJ#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at General Abelardo L. Rodriguez 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 Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (TIJ/MMTJ) 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 MMTJ threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.