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What runway is Adelaide International Airport (ADL/YPAD) using right now?

Adelaide International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 12. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 22:52 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 12Dep 12

Adelaide International Airport (ADL/YPAD) is using landing and departure 12 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
150° @ 7 kt
Direction
150°
Speed
7 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1023 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 22:30

METAR YPAD 271200Z AUTO 15007KT 9999 // NCD 12/07 Q1023

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at YPAD

Every runway threshold at YPAD. 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
0550°10,171 ft0.0 kt1.2 kt6.9 ktRightStandby
23230°10,171 ft1.2 kt0.0 kt6.9 ktLeftStandby
12123°5,420 ft6.2 kt0.0 kt3.2 ktRightLanding + departure
30303°5,420 ft0.0 kt6.2 kt3.2 ktLeftStandby
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Questions

What runway is Adelaide International Airport (ADL/YPAD) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 22:30 local, Adelaide International Airport (ADL/YPAD) is using landing and departure 12. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Adelaide International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (150° @ 7 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 12 shows 6.2 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 3.2 kt crosswind from the right. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/YPAD or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/YPAD#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Adelaide 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 Adelaide International Airport (ADL/YPAD) the live call is landing and departure 12 with METAR wind 150° @ 7 kt. 12 shows 6.2 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 3.2 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 YPAD threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.