Crosswind Calculator

Enter the runway, wind direction, and wind speed to instantly compute the crosswind and headwind components for any approach or takeoff.

Inputs

Runway number (e.g. 27) or magnetic heading, plus the reported wind from the ATIS.

Runway

Accepts the runway number (01-36) or the full magnetic heading in degrees. Parsed as 270°.

Wind direction (FROM, °)

Meteorological convention: the direction the wind is blowing FROM (matches every METAR and ATIS).

Wind speed

Components

Crosswind and headwind components projected onto the runway axis.

Crosswind component

7.5 kt

from the left

Headwind component

13 kt

Runway 27, wind 240/15 kt computes to: crosswind 11.5 kt from the left, headwind 9.6 kt.

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