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What runway is Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ/ZKPY) using right now?

Pyongyang Sunan International Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 17. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 21:15 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 17Dep 17

Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ/ZKPY) 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.

TAF at Wed 28 Oct, 00:00 shifts the wind to 340° at 10 kt, favoring 35 in about 2.7 hours.

Live METAR and TAF

NOAA METAR was unavailable, so the wind vector assumes calm air and prefers the longer runways.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at ZKPY

Every runway threshold at ZKPY. 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
17163°11,490 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
35343°11,490 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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What runway is Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ/ZKPY) using right now?

As of the latest cycle local, Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ/ZKPY) is using landing and departure 17. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Pyongyang Sunan International Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (Unavailable) 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/ZKPY or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/ZKPY#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Pyongyang Sunan 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 Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ/ZKPY) the live call is landing and departure 17 with METAR wind Unavailable. 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 ZKPY threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.