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What runway is Kadena Air Base (DNA/RODN) using right now?

Kadena Air Base active runway and live wind: landing and departure 05L+05R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 21:02 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 05L, 05RDep 05L, 05R

Kadena Air Base (DNA/RODN) is using landing and departure 05L+05R 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 RODN

Every runway threshold at RODN. 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
05L51°12,100 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
23R231°12,100 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
05R51°12,100 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
23L231°12,100 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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What runway is Kadena Air Base (DNA/RODN) using right now?

As of the latest cycle local, Kadena Air Base (DNA/RODN) is using landing and departure 05L+05R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Kadena Air Base active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (Unavailable) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 05L 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/RODN or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/RODN#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Kadena Air Base?

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 Kadena Air Base (DNA/RODN) the live call is landing and departure 05L+05R with METAR wind Unavailable. 05L 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 RODN threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.