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What runway is Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO/MROC) using right now?

Juan Santamaría International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 07. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 04:48 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 07Dep 07

Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO/MROC) is using landing and departure 07 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
90° @ 8 kt
Direction
90°
Speed
8 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1017 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 04:00

METAR MROC 271000Z 09008KT 060V120 9999 FEW030 BKN140 21/15 A3002 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at MROC

Every runway threshold at MROC. 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
0769°9,882 ft7.5 kt0.0 kt2.9 ktRightLanding + departure
25249°9,882 ft0.0 kt7.5 kt2.9 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO/MROC) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 04:00 local, Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO/MROC) is using landing and departure 07. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Juan Santamaría International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (90° @ 8 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 07 shows 7.5 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.9 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MROC or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MROC#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Juan Santamaría 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO/MROC) the live call is landing and departure 07 with METAR wind 90° @ 8 kt. 07 shows 7.5 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.9 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 MROC threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.