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What runway is Cairns International Airport (CNS/YBCS) using right now?

Cairns International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 15. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 22:22 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 15Dep 15

Cairns International Airport (CNS/YBCS) is using landing and departure 15 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
10+ km
Pressure
1016 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 22:00

METAR YBCS 271200Z AUTO 00000KT 9999 // NCD 24/22 Q1016

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at YBCS

Every runway threshold at YBCS. 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
15149°10,489 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
33329°10,489 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Cairns International Airport (CNS/YBCS) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 22:00 local, Cairns International Airport (CNS/YBCS) is using landing and departure 15. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Cairns International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (CALM) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 15 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/YBCS or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/YBCS#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Cairns 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 Cairns International Airport (CNS/YBCS) the live call is landing and departure 15 with METAR wind CALM. 15 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 YBCS threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.