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What runway is Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS/WADD) using right now?

Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 09. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 20:27 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 09Dep 09

Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS/WADD) is using landing and departure 09 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
160° @ 10 kt
Direction
160°
Speed
10 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1012 hPa
Flight category
MVFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 20:00

METAR WADD 271200Z 16010KT 9999 FEW015CB BKN016 27/26 Q1012 NOSIG

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at WADD

Every runway threshold at WADD. 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
0988°9,790 ft3.1 kt0.0 kt9.5 ktRightLanding + departure
27268°9,790 ft0.0 kt3.1 kt9.5 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS/WADD) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 20:00 local, Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS/WADD) is using landing and departure 09. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (160° @ 10 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 09 shows 3.1 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 9.5 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/WADD or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/WADD#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai 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 Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS/WADD) the live call is landing and departure 09 with METAR wind 160° @ 10 kt. 09 shows 3.1 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 9.5 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 WADD threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.