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What runway is El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL/MSLP) using right now?

El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez active runway and live wind: landing and departure 07. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 04:47 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 07Dep 07

El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL/MSLP) 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
80° @ 3 kt
Direction
80°
Speed
3 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1012 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 04:00

METAR MSLP 271000Z 08003KT CAVOK 20/17 Q1012 A2988 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at MSLP

Every runway threshold at MSLP. 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
0770°10,500 ft3.0 kt0.0 kt0.5 ktRightLanding + departure
25250°10,500 ft0.0 kt3.0 kt0.5 ktLeftStandby
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What runway is El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL/MSLP) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 04:00 local, El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL/MSLP) is using landing and departure 07. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (80° @ 3 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 07 shows 3.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.5 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MSLP or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MSLP#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez?

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 El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL/MSLP) the live call is landing and departure 07 with METAR wind 80° @ 3 kt. 07 shows 3.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.5 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 MSLP threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.