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What runway is Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA/SBPA) using right now?

Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 11. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 09:32 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 11Dep 11

Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA/SBPA) 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° @ 6 kt
Direction
100°
Speed
6 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1021 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 09:00

METAR SBPA 271200Z 10006KT 050V150 CAVOK 18/12 Q1021

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at SBPA

Every runway threshold at SBPA. 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
1191°10,499 ft5.9 kt0.0 kt0.9 ktRightLanding + departure
29271°10,499 ft0.0 kt5.9 kt0.9 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA/SBPA) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 09:00 local, Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA/SBPA) is using landing and departure 11. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (100° @ 6 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 11 shows 5.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.9 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SBPA or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SBPA#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho 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 Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA/SBPA) the live call is landing and departure 11 with METAR wind 100° @ 6 kt. 11 shows 5.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.9 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 SBPA threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.