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What runway is Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC/SANT) using right now?

Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 02. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 09:00 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 02Dep 02

Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC/SANT) is using landing and departure 02 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, 15:00 shifts the wind to 180° at 5 kt, favoring 20 in about 6.0 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
5.6 sm
Pressure
1015 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 08:00

METAR SANT 271100Z 00000KT 9000 NSC 16/14 Q1015

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at SANT

Every runway threshold at SANT. 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
0210°11,483 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
20190°11,483 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC/SANT) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 08:00 local, Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC/SANT) is using landing and departure 02. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (CALM) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 02 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/SANT or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SANT#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Teniente Benjamín Matienzo 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 Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC/SANT) the live call is landing and departure 02 with METAR wind CALM. 02 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 SANT threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.