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Kabul, Afghanistan

What runway is Kabul International Airport (KBL/OAKB) using right now?

Kabul International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 11. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 15:13 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 11Dep 11

Kabul International Airport (KBL/OAKB) is using landing and departure 11 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

NOAA METAR was unavailable, so the wind vector assumes calm air and prefers the longer runways.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at OAKB

Every runway threshold at OAKB. 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
11107°11,483 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
29287°11,483 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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What runway is Kabul International Airport (KBL/OAKB) using right now?

As of the latest cycle local, Kabul International Airport (KBL/OAKB) is using landing and departure 11. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Kabul International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (Unavailable) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 11 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/OAKB or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/OAKB#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Kabul 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 Kabul International Airport (KBL/OAKB) the live call is landing and departure 11 with METAR wind Unavailable. 11 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 OAKB threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.