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What runway is Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM/VNKT) using right now?

Tribhuvan International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 20. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 17:25 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 20Dep 20

Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM/VNKT) is using landing and departure 20 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
280° @ 5 kt
Direction
280°
Speed
5 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
5 sm
Pressure
1022 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 17:15

METAR VNKT 271130Z 28005KT 240V300 8000 FEW020 SCT250 22/12 Q1022 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at VNKT

Every runway threshold at VNKT. 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
0222°10,991 ft0.0 kt1.0 kt4.9 ktLeftStandby
20202°10,991 ft1.0 kt0.0 kt4.9 ktRightLanding + departure
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Questions

What runway is Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM/VNKT) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 17:15 local, Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM/VNKT) is using landing and departure 20. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Tribhuvan International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (280° @ 5 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 20 shows 1.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.9 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/VNKT or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/VNKT#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Tribhuvan 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 Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM/VNKT) the live call is landing and departure 20 with METAR wind 280° @ 5 kt. 20 shows 1.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 4.9 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 VNKT threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.