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What runway is Cancún International Airport (CUN/MMUN) using right now?

Cancún International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 12R+12L. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 05:48 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 12R, 12LDep 12R, 12L

Cancún International Airport (CUN/MMUN) is using landing and departure 12R+12L 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
6 sm
Pressure
1015 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 05:39

SPECI MMUN 271039Z 00000KT 6SM -RA BKN015TCU OVC080 23/22 A2996 RMK 8/27/

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at MMUN

Every runway threshold at MMUN. 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
12R124°11,483 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
30L304°11,483 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
12L124°9,186 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
30R304°9,186 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Cancún International Airport (CUN/MMUN) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 05:39 local, Cancún International Airport (CUN/MMUN) is using landing and departure 12R+12L. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Cancún International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (CALM) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 12R 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/MMUN or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MMUN#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Cancún 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 Cancún International Airport (CUN/MMUN) the live call is landing and departure 12R+12L with METAR wind CALM. 12R 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 MMUN threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.