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What runway is El Dorado International Airport (BOG/SKBO) using right now?

El Dorado International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 14L+14R. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:55 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 14L, 14RDep 14L, 14R

El Dorado International Airport (BOG/SKBO) is using landing and departure 14L+14R 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, 09:00 shifts the wind to 240° at 5 kt, favoring 32R+32L in about 2.1 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
VRB @ 2 kt
Direction
Variable
Speed
2 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1029 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR SKBO 271100Z COR VRB02KT 9999 MIFG FEW030 09/09 Q1029 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at SKBO

Every runway threshold at SKBO. 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
14L127°12,467 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
32R307°12,467 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
14R127°12,467 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
32L307°12,467 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is El Dorado International Airport (BOG/SKBO) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, El Dorado International Airport (BOG/SKBO) is using landing and departure 14L+14R. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. El Dorado International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (VRB @ 2 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 14L 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/SKBO or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SKBO#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at El Dorado 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 El Dorado International Airport (BOG/SKBO) the live call is landing and departure 14L+14R with METAR wind VRB @ 2 kt. 14L 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 SKBO threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.