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Enter the runway heading and the wind, and read the two components with the working underneath. The same function the worked solutions in the question bank are computed from.
Headwind
16.9 kt
Along the runway, against you. This is the component that helps you stop.
Crosswind
14.1 kt
From the right. Check it against the aircraft crosswind limit.
Angle off the runway 40 degrees. Along = 22 x cos 40 = 16.9 kt. Across = 22 x sin 40 = 14.1 kt.
The wind in a METAR is degrees true and the runway is degrees magnetic. Apply the local variation before you compare them, or the angle above is wrong by the variation.
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Read the report the wind came from, one group at a time, in plain English.
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