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What runway is Pinto Martins International Airport (FOR/SBFZ) using right now?

Pinto Martins International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 13. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 08:58 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 13Dep 13

Pinto Martins International Airport (FOR/SBFZ) is using landing and departure 13 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° @ 10 kt
Direction
100°
Speed
10 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1014 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 09:00

METAR SBFZ 271200Z 10010KT 9999 BKN025 30/23 Q1014

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at SBFZ

Every runway threshold at SBFZ. 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
13105°9,039 ft10.0 kt0.0 kt0.9 ktLeftLanding + departure
31285°9,039 ft0.0 kt10.0 kt0.9 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Pinto Martins International Airport (FOR/SBFZ) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 09:00 local, Pinto Martins International Airport (FOR/SBFZ) is using landing and departure 13. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Pinto Martins International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (100° @ 10 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 13 shows 10.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.9 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SBFZ or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SBFZ#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Pinto Martins 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 Pinto Martins International Airport (FOR/SBFZ) the live call is landing and departure 13 with METAR wind 100° @ 10 kt. 13 shows 10.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.9 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 SBFZ threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.