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What runway is El Alto International Airport (LPB/SLLP) using right now?

El Alto International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 10. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 07:54 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 10Dep 10

El Alto International Airport (LPB/SLLP) is using landing and departure 10 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 290° at 10 kt, favoring 28+28R in about 1.1 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

Wind
70° @ 3 kt
Direction
70°
Speed
3 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1037 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 07:00

METAR SLLP 271100Z 07003KT 9999 FEW004 SCT015 BKN200 08/05 Q1037 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at SLLP

Every runway threshold at SLLP. 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
1092°13,123 ft2.8 kt0.0 kt1.1 ktLeftLanding + departure
28272°13,123 ft0.0 kt2.8 kt1.1 ktRightStandby
10L98°6,725 ft2.6 kt0.0 kt1.4 ktLeftStandby
28R278°6,725 ft0.0 kt2.6 kt1.4 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is El Alto International Airport (LPB/SLLP) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 07:00 local, El Alto International Airport (LPB/SLLP) is using landing and departure 10. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. El Alto International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (70° @ 3 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 10 shows 2.8 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.1 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SLLP or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/SLLP#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at El Alto 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 Alto International Airport (LPB/SLLP) the live call is landing and departure 10 with METAR wind 70° @ 3 kt. 10 shows 2.8 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 1.1 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 SLLP threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.