Quick answer
Pick an airport to see which runway it's most likely using right now, worked out from the live wind, and which way its planes usually come in.
Arizona
California
- APC · Napa County
- BUR · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope
- CCR · Buchanan Field
- CNO · Chino
- EMT · San Gabriel Valley
- FUL · Fullerton Municipal
- HHR · Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal
- HWD · Hayward Executive
- LAX · Los Angeles International
- LGB · Long Beach International
- LVK · Livermore Municipal
- MHR · Sacramento Mather
- MYF · Montgomery-Gibbs Executive
- OAK · Oakland San Francisco Bay
- PAO · Palo Alto
- RHV · Reid-Hillview of Santa Clara County
- RNM · Ramona
- SAC · Sacramento Executive
- SAN · San Diego International
- SDM · Brown Field Municipal
- SEE · Gillespie Field
- SFO · San Francisco International
- SJC · Mineta San Jose International
- SMF · Sacramento International
- SMO · Santa Monica Municipal
- SNA · John Wayne Orange County International
- SQL · San Carlos
- TOA · Zamperini Field
- VNY · Van Nuys
- WHP · Whiteman
Colorado
Delaware
Florida
- APF · Naples Municipal
- BCT · Boca Raton
- CRG · Jacksonville Executive at Craig
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- FMY · Page Field
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale Executive
- HWO · North Perry
- ISM · Kissimmee Gateway
- JAX · Jacksonville International
- LAL · Lakeland Linder International
- MCO · Orlando International
- MIA · Miami International
- OPF · Miami-Opa Locka Executive
- ORL · Orlando Executive
- PGD · Punta Gorda
- PIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International
- PMP · Pompano Beach Airpark
- RSW · Southwest Florida International
- SFB · Orlando Sanford International
- SPG · Albert Whitted
- TMB · Miami Executive
- TPA · Tampa International
- VQQ · Cecil
Georgia
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
- ADS · Addison
- AFW · Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance
- AUS · Austin Bergstrom International
- BAZ · New Braunfels National
- CXO · Conroe-North Houston Regional
- DAL · Dallas Love Field
- DFW · Dallas Fort Worth International
- DTO · Denton Enterprise
- DWH · David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- EDC · Austin Executive
- EFD · Ellington
- FTW · Fort Worth Meacham International
- GKY · Arlington Municipal
- GPM · Grand Prairie Municipal
- GTU · Georgetown Executive at Johnny Gantt Field
- HOU · William P. Hobby
- HQZ · Mesquite Metro
- HYI · San Marcos Regional
- IAH · George Bush Intercontinental
- RBD · Dallas Executive
- SAT · San Antonio International
- SGR · Sugar Land Regional
- SSF · Stinson Municipal
- TKI · McKinney National
Virginia
Washington
Washington, D.C.
Common questions
How do airports choose which runway to use?
Mostly by the wind. Planes take off and land into the wind, so when it turns around, the airport flips its arrivals and departures to the other end of the runway. Traffic, construction and low clouds can also play a part.
Updated October 2026