Originally Posted by
jmmoric
There has to be some consideration... you can land with 15 kts reported wind, with gust up to 24 kts not reported.
And eventhough you get a mean wind of 15 kts reported, you will not be updated on the wind, unless the mean wind gets to 25 kts.... if you get the idea?
Negative, that’s not how it works.
The max gust is always used for tailwind and x-wind calculations. Maybe it’s done differently at other airlines in different parts of the world?