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What runway is Bandar Abbas International Airport (BND/OIKB) using right now?

Bandar Abbas International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 21L+21R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 14:53 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 21L, 21RDep 21L, 21R

Bandar Abbas International Airport (BND/OIKB) is using landing and departure 21L+21R right now. The badge is the confidence from the live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR and TAF wind vector, scored against every threshold.

TAF at Tue 27 Oct, 18:30 shifts the wind to 30° at 8 kt, favoring 03R+03L in about 3.6 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
200° @ 10 kt
Direction
200°
Speed
10 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
2.2 sm
Pressure
1012 hPa
Flight category
IFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 14:30

METAR OIKB 271100Z 20010KT 3500 HZ FEW030TCU 33/24 Q1012 A2990 TEMPO 3000 HZ FEW030CB

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at OIKB

Every runway threshold at OIKB. 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
03R28°12,008 ft0.0 kt9.9 kt1.4 ktRightStandby
21L208°12,008 ft9.9 kt0.0 kt1.4 ktLeftLanding + departure
03L28°11,341 ft0.0 kt9.9 kt1.4 ktRightStandby
21R208°11,341 ft9.9 kt0.0 kt1.4 ktLeftLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Bandar Abbas International Airport (BND/OIKB) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 14:30 local, Bandar Abbas International Airport (BND/OIKB) is using landing and departure 21L+21R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Bandar Abbas International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (200° @ 10 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 21L shows 9.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.4 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/OIKB or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/OIKB#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Bandar Abbas 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 Bandar Abbas International Airport (BND/OIKB) the live call is landing and departure 21L+21R with METAR wind 200° @ 10 kt. 21L shows 9.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.4 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 OIKB threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.