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What runway is Santos Dumont Airport (SDU/SBRJ) using right now?

Santos Dumont Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 20L+20R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 08:56 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 20L, 20RDep 20L, 20R

Santos Dumont Airport (SDU/SBRJ) is using landing and departure 20L+20R 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
240° @ 3 kt
Direction
240°
Speed
3 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
5 sm
Pressure
1020 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 08:00

METAR SBRJ 271100Z 24003KT 190V340 8000 SCT009 BKN018 BKN040 20/17 Q1020

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at SBRJ

Every runway threshold at SBRJ. 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
02R357°4,341 ft0.0 kt1.4 kt2.7 ktLeftStandby
20L177°4,341 ft1.4 kt0.0 kt2.7 ktRightLanding + departure
02L357°4,134 ft0.0 kt1.4 kt2.7 ktLeftStandby
20R177°4,134 ft1.4 kt0.0 kt2.7 ktRightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Santos Dumont Airport (SDU/SBRJ) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 08:00 local, Santos Dumont Airport (SDU/SBRJ) is using landing and departure 20L+20R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Santos Dumont Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (240° @ 3 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 20L shows 1.4 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.7 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SBRJ or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SBRJ#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Santos Dumont 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 Santos Dumont Airport (SDU/SBRJ) the live call is landing and departure 20L+20R with METAR wind 240° @ 3 kt. 20L shows 1.4 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.7 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 SBRJ threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.