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What runway is Macau International Airport (MFM/VMMC) using right now?

Macau International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 16. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 19:40 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 16Dep 16

Macau International Airport (MFM/VMMC) is using landing and departure 16 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
110° @ 11 kt
Direction
110°
Speed
11 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1018 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 19:30

METAR VMMC 271130Z 11011KT 090V150 CAVOK 27/22 Q1018 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at VMMC

Every runway threshold at VMMC. 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
16160°10,544 ft7.0 kt0.0 kt8.5 ktLeftLanding + departure
34340°10,544 ft0.0 kt7.0 kt8.5 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Macau International Airport (MFM/VMMC) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 19:30 local, Macau International Airport (MFM/VMMC) is using landing and departure 16. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Macau International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (110° @ 11 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 16 shows 7.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 8.5 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/VMMC or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/VMMC#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Macau 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 Macau International Airport (MFM/VMMC) the live call is landing and departure 16 with METAR wind 110° @ 11 kt. 16 shows 7.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 8.5 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 VMMC threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.