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Mandalay, Myanmar

What runway is Mandalay International Airport (MDL/VYMD) using right now?

Mandalay International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 17. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 18:58 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 17Dep 17

Mandalay International Airport (MDL/VYMD) is using landing and departure 17 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
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
3.7 sm
Pressure
1011 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 18:00

METAR VYMD 271130Z 00000KT 6000 SCT020 SCT120 30/25 Q1011 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at VYMD

Every runway threshold at VYMD. 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
17171°14,003 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
35351°14,003 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Mandalay International Airport (MDL/VYMD) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 18:00 local, Mandalay International Airport (MDL/VYMD) is using landing and departure 17. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Mandalay International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (CALM) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 17 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/VYMD or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/VYMD#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Mandalay 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 Mandalay International Airport (MDL/VYMD) the live call is landing and departure 17 with METAR wind CALM. 17 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 VYMD threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.