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What runway is José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) using right now?

José Martí International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 06. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:47 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 06Dep 06

José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) is using landing and departure 06 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
20° @ 10 kt
Direction
20°
Speed
10 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
5 sm
Pressure
1013 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR MUHA 270950Z 02010KT 8000 SCT030 25/22 Q1013

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at MUHA

Every runway threshold at MUHA. 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
0654°13,123 ft8.3 kt0.0 kt5.6 ktLeftLanding + departure
24234°13,123 ft0.0 kt8.3 kt5.6 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) is using landing and departure 06. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. José Martí International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (20° @ 10 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 06 shows 8.3 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 5.6 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MUHA or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/MUHA#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at José Martí 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 José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) the live call is landing and departure 06 with METAR wind 20° @ 10 kt. 06 shows 8.3 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 5.6 kt crosswind from the left. 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 MUHA threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.