Quick Crosswind Calculation

From: john smith <jsmith@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:00:40 -0500

A little geometry/trigonometry goes a long way...

30 degree crosswind... multiply by 0.5 to get the crosswind component

eg wind 30 degrees off runway heading at 20 kts x 0.5 = 10 kts

45 degree crosswind... multiply by 0.7 to get the crosswind component

eg wind 45 degrees off runway heading at 20 kts x 0.7 = 14 kts

60 degree crosswind... multiply by 0.9 to get the crosswind component

eg wind 60 degrees off runway heading at 20 kts x 0.9 = 18 kts
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