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What runway is Canberra Airport (CBR/YSCB) using right now?

Canberra Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 12. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 23:21 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 12Dep 12

Canberra Airport (CBR/YSCB) 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
120° @ 4 kt
Direction
120°
Speed
4 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ km
Pressure
1020 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 23:00

METAR YSCB 271200Z AUTO 12004KT 9999 // NCD 07/02 Q1020

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at YSCB

Every runway threshold at YSCB. 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
17180°10,771 ft2.0 kt0.0 kt3.5 ktLeftStandby
35360°10,771 ft0.0 kt2.0 kt3.5 ktRightStandby
12130°5,509 ft3.9 kt0.0 kt0.7 ktLeftLanding + departure
30310°5,509 ft0.0 kt3.9 kt0.7 ktRightStandby
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What runway is Canberra Airport (CBR/YSCB) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 23:00 local, Canberra Airport (CBR/YSCB) is using landing and departure 12. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Canberra Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (120° @ 4 kt) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 12 shows 3.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.7 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/YSCB or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/YSCB#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Canberra 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 Canberra Airport (CBR/YSCB) the live call is landing and departure 12 with METAR wind 120° @ 4 kt. 12 shows 3.9 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 0.7 kt crosswind from the left. 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 YSCB threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.