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Old 22nd August 2006 | 21:17
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november.sierra
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Another way is the following:
wind angle + 20 = %

Eg:

runway 27 = runway heading 270°
W/V 300°/20 kts
wind angle = 300 - 270 = 30
30 + 20 = 50% of the wind speed (20 kts), so the crosswind component is 10 kts.

A wind angle of 80° or more means that the full wind speed is the crosswind component, and wind angles of 0 - 10° = no crosswind.

I hope this helps.
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