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What runway is Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB/SBCT) using right now?

Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 11. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 08:59 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 11Dep 11

Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB/SBCT) 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

Wind
100° @ 8 kt
Direction
100°
Speed
8 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1023 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 09:00

METAR SBCT 271200Z 10008KT 9999 BKN013 OVC020 13/10 Q1023

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at SBCT

Every runway threshold at SBCT. 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
15136°7,277 ft6.5 kt0.0 kt4.7 ktLeftStandby
33314°7,277 ft0.0 kt6.6 kt4.5 ktRightStandby
1192°5,899 ft7.9 kt0.0 kt1.2 ktRightLanding + departure
29272°5,899 ft0.0 kt7.9 kt1.2 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB/SBCT) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 09:00 local, Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB/SBCT) is using landing and departure 11. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (100° @ 8 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 11 shows 7.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.2 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SBCT or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SBCT#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Curitiba-Afonso Pena 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 Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB/SBCT) the live call is landing and departure 11 with METAR wind 100° @ 8 kt. 11 shows 7.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.2 kt crosswind from the right. 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 SBCT threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.