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Old 26th August 2007 | 23:01
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misd-agin
 
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30 degrees off the nose = .9 (90%) headwind and .5 crosswind component
45 degrees off the nose = .7 HW and .7 XW
60 degrees off the nose = .5 HW and .9 CW

The .9 (90%) is actually .86. I doubt anyone's doing the math to that extent(.86) when the tower reports the winds on short final.
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