KCLE Runway 06R/24L — Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
9,953 × 150 ft concrete · true headings 050° / 230° · field elevation 791 ft
Runway 06R/24L at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (KCLE) in Cleveland, OH is 9,953 ft long and 150 ft wide, concrete, with true headings 050° and 230°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 06R the headwind 31% of the time and runway 24L 65.8%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 1.7% of wind hours. KCLE publishes a digital ATIS, so this page shows the runway the tower is actually using right now and builds a record of how often each end is assigned.
Runway 06R/24L — current status
CLOSURE ON RECORD (TOWER TFDM)- The tower's TFDM closure record lists runway 06R and 24L closed ("6R_24L") since 2026-09-14 09:37Z.
- The tower's current configuration still lists runway 06R for arrivals or departures, so the closure may be partial or the record may lag. Verify with NOTAMs before flight.
Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · Tower TFDM configuration (FAA SWIM) · D-ATIS · Tower TFDM 0214Z (10:14 PM EDT) · D-ATIS 0151Z (9:51 PM EDT). Runway NOTAM monitoring (closures, lighting, navaid outages) is not live for this airport yet; until then this card reflects only the FAA runway record, the tower’s TFDM feed where one exists, and the airport’s own D-ATIS.
Current active runways at KCLE
As stated by the tower — its TFDM surface system and its D-ATIS broadcast. Not an estimate.
Airport rates: 32 arrivals / 40 departures per hour. In effect since 2026-09-18 0337Z (11:37 PM EDT). Closure on record for runway 06R and 24L — see the status card above.
D-ATIS reports runway 06R and 24L closed.
This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 1651Z (12:51 PM EDT).
Show the D-ATIS text
CLE ARR INFO D 0151Z. 06004KT 10SM OVC150 19/12 A3020 (THREE ZERO TWO ZERO) RMK AO2 SLP237 T01940122. RNAV Y RUNWAY 6L APCH IN USE. LANDING RUNWAY 6L. RY 6R, 24L CLSD. TWYS A CLSD. RWY 6L IM OTS. BIRD ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE ARPT CAUTION ADVISED. READBACK ALL RWY HDSRT ISNS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO D.
CLE DEP INFO Q 0151Z. 06004KT 10SM OVC150 19/12 A3020 (THREE ZERO TWO ZERO) RMK AO2 SLP237 T01940122. LANDING RUNWAY 6L. DEPARTING RUNWAY 6L. RY 6R, 24L CLSD. TWYS A CLSD. BIRD ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE ARPT CAUTION ADVISED. PILOTS READBACK ALL RUNWAY ASSIGNMENTS. READBACK ALL RWY HDSRT ISNS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO Q.
Current wind on Runway 06R/24L
Wind from the northeast (050°) at 4 kt
- Headwind
- 4 kt
- Crosswind
- 0 kt
- Tailwind
- 4 kt
- Crosswind
- 0 kt
Wind-favored runway at KCLE right now: 06L (4 kt headwind) — a different runway than this one.
Components use TRUE runway headings and TRUE METAR wind. “Favored by wind” is arithmetic, not an ATC assignment.
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway
Which runway at KCLE is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.
| Time | Likely runway | Confidence | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now0219Z · 10:19 PM EDT | 06R and 06Lactive · tower TFDM stated by the tower (TFDM) | stated | 050° at 4 kt |
| +1 h0319Z · 11:19 PM EDT | 10then 06L | Low49% | 080° at 5 kt |
| +2 h0419Z · 12:19 AM EDT | 10then 06L | Low46% | 080° at 5 kt |
| +3 h0519Z · 1:19 AM EDT | 10then 06L | Low43% | 080° at 5 kt |
| +6 h0819Z · 4:19 AM EDT | 10then 06L | Low34% | 080° at 5 kt |
| +12 h1419Z · 10:19 AM EDT | 06L calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | 130° at 4 kt |
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the TAF wind forecast and runway geometry (most headwind, crosswind penalised, tailwind over 5 kt avoided, longest runway breaks ties). It is not an ATC assignment and does not know about noise abatement, traffic flow or construction unless the D-ATIS states them. TAF issued 2324Z (7:24 PM EDT).
Counts the tower's surface system expects per runway over the next two hours — the tower's plan, not an ATIS Alerts estimate and not an ATC assignment. A runway with zero expected demand is not in the plan for that period. During a runway change the plan can lag the configuration above for a few minutes (flights already assigned to the old runways stay counted there until reassigned).
- APREQ → KBOS/KBWI/KDCA/KDTW/KEWR/KIAD/KJFK/KLGA/KMDW/KMMU/KMSP/KORD/KPHL/KTEB/CYYZ · since 11/09 0945Z · until further notice · by ZDC — approval request — departures need a release time
Restrictions on departures from KCLEtoward the named airports or fixes, as recorded by the tower's surface system; they change the departure flow, not the runway in use. Not an FAA product.
Runway 06R/24L overview
Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.
- Length
- 9,953 ft
- Width
- 150 ft
- Surface
- Concrete
- Runway lights
- Lighted
- Airport elevation
- 791 ft
- FAA record status
- Open
- True heading
- 050°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 058°
- FAA record
- Open
- True heading
- 230°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 238°
- FAA record
- Open
Runway 06R/24L numbers are magnetic; the stored geometry and every wind calculation on this page are TRUE north, so they never need a variation correction. Magnetic variation here is about 8.2°W (World Magnetic Model). Displaced thresholds, declared distances (TORA/TODA/ASDA/LDA), approach lighting, PAPI/VASI, ILS equipment and traffic-pattern direction are FAA NASR fields not yet loaded — they are omitted rather than guessed.
Recorded runway use at KCLE — last 30 days
How often the tower's TFDM configuration listed each end for arrivals and departures (the tower's own statement, via FAA SWIM).
ATIS Alerts records every change of KCLE's tower TFDM configuration and turns it into a log of which runways the facility named for arrivals and departures. Recording started Sep 18, 2026 — 23 hours captured so far. Usage statistics appear once 24 hours are on record, and become meaningful after a few weeks.
Historical wind and crosswind on runway 06R/24L
20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.
From 175,120 hourly observations at KCLE (2005–2025), 160,858 with a steady wind direction (8.1% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.
Crosswind on runway 06R/24L (either end)
| Crosswind (kt) | Share of wind hours |
|---|---|
| 0–5 | 56.8% |
| 5–10 | 33.2% |
| 10–15 | 8.2% |
| 15–20 | 1.6% |
| 20–25 | 0.2% |
| 25+ | 0% |
Strongest-crosswind month on average: Mar; calmest: Jul. Percentiles are streaming approximations (t-digest), accurate to about 0.1 kt.
Runway 06R
Runway 24L
“Wind-favored” counts the hours this end had the most headwind of every open runway at KCLE — wind arithmetic, not an ATC assignment (parallel runways with the same heading share the credit equally). Recorded D-ATIS use, where available, is the section above.
By wind direction
| Wind from | Share of wind hours | 06R favored | 24L favored | Mean crosswind | Crosswind > 15 kt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N 338–023° | 15% | 43.1% | 0% | 6.1 kt | 1.5% |
| NE 023–068° | 7% | 50% | 0% | 2 kt | 0% |
| E 068–113° | 5% | 7.5% | 0% | 4.1 kt | 0% |
| SE 113–158° | 6% | 0% | 0% | 7 kt | 3% |
| S 158–203° | 25% | 0% | 41.4% | 5.9 kt | 0.8% |
| SW 203–248° | 20% | 0% | 50% | 1.5 kt | 0% |
| W 248–293° | 14% | 0% | 15.4% | 6.1 kt | 2% |
| NW 293–338° | 8% | 0% | 0% | 9.8 kt | 10.2% |
By time of day (airport-local)
Seasonal runway conditions
| Month | Mean crosswind (kt) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 5.4 kt |
| Feb | 5.5 kt |
| Mar | 6.0 kt |
| Apr | 5.8 kt |
| May | 5.0 kt |
| Jun | 4.6 kt |
| Jul | 4.0 kt |
| Aug | 4.0 kt |
| Sep | 4.4 kt |
| Oct | 5.0 kt |
| Nov | 5.3 kt |
| Dec | 5.3 kt |
| Month | Prevailing | Mean wind | Gusty | Mean xw | xw > 10 | xw > 15 | xw > 20 | 06R tail > 5 | 24L tail > 5 | IFR | TS | Fog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | SW | 9.7 kt | 20.9% | 5.4 kt | 13% | 2.5% | 0.2% | 55.7% | 8.5% | 15.2% | 0.04% | 12.4% |
| Feb | SW | 9.5 kt | 19.2% | 5.5 kt | 14% | 2.9% | 0.2% | 48% | 13.5% | 14.4% | 0.13% | 11.8% |
| Mar | S | 9.3 kt | 20.2% | 6 kt | 15.7% | 3% | 0.3% | 34.8% | 22% | 9.5% | 0.42% | 8.5% |
| Apr | S | 9 kt | 20.1% | 5.8 kt | 13.8% | 2.9% | 0.4% | 34% | 21% | 6.4% | 0.67% | 5.9% |
| May | S | 7.7 kt | 12.6% | 5 kt | 8.1% | 0.9% | 0% | 28.8% | 21.8% | 5.8% | 1.2% | 6% |
| Jun | S | 7.2 kt | 10.3% | 4.6 kt | 6.3% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 33.7% | 17% | 3.5% | 1.74% | 4% |
| Jul | SW | 6.5 kt | 7% | 4 kt | 3.4% | 0.3% | 0% | 31.8% | 16.2% | 1.7% | 2.15% | 3.5% |
| Aug | S | 6.3 kt | 6.4% | 4 kt | 3.9% | 0.3% | 0% | 27.3% | 17.3% | 2% | 1.75% | 3.8% |
| Sep | S | 6.7 kt | 7% | 4.4 kt | 4.4% | 0.3% | 0% | 26.5% | 19.9% | 2.7% | 0.83% | 4.8% |
| Oct | S | 8 kt | 15% | 5 kt | 9.8% | 1.5% | 0.2% | 40.4% | 13.1% | 3.6% | 0.23% | 4.9% |
| Nov | S | 8.8 kt | 18.6% | 5.3 kt | 11.4% | 2.1% | 0.2% | 49.4% | 8.5% | 5% | 0.11% | 6.9% |
| Dec | S | 9.2 kt | 19% | 5.3 kt | 11.9% | 2.3% | 0.3% | 53.3% | 6.9% | 11.2% | 0.03% | 12% |
IFR, thunderstorm (TS) and fog columns are airport-wide shares of hours; the crosswind and tailwind columns are specific to this runway. Prevailing = most common 45° wind sector among wind hours.
Runway 06R/24L closure history
Runway NOTAM history begins when the NOTAM feed goes live (next phase).
D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 06R closed on 2 days and runway 24L closed on 2 days in the last 30 days. Scheduled and unscheduled closure NOTAMs, with start and end times and the official text, will appear here once ATIS Alerts records runway NOTAMs; there is no retrievable archive, so history accrues from that date forward.
Instrument approaches to runway 06R/24L
From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.
Runway 06R
- ILSILS OR LOC RWY 06R ↗precision
- ILSILS RWY 06R (SA CAT II) ↗precision
- RNAV (GPS)RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 06R ↗
- RNAV (RNP)RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 06R ↗
Runway 24L
- ILSILS OR LOC RWY 24L ↗precision
- ILSILS RWY 24L (SA CAT II) ↗precision
- RNAV (GPS)RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 24L ↗
- RNAV (RNP)RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 24L ↗
8 departure procedures · 8 STARs · FAA d-TPP cycle 2610. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.
Methodology and sources
Short version below; the full write-up is at Runway Intelligence methodology, and every launched airport is listed on the Runway Intelligence hub.
- Active runwayscome first from the tower's TFDM (Terminal Flight Data Manager) airport configuration, received as structured data through the FAA SWIM Cloud Distribution Service at towers that have it (KCLE does); otherwise from the airport's D-ATIS text (community relay of the FAA broadcast) with an open, tested parser, and the broadcast text is always shown. Every change is recorded, so “recorded use” is what the facility stated, never an inference. ATIS Alerts is not an FAA product and this is not FAA data; SWIM content is for non-operational use.
- Wind components use the current METAR (aviationweather.gov) against TRUE runway headings from the OurAirports/FAA runway record.
- Runway visual range, tower demand and traffic-management restrictions come from FAA SWIM: STDDS Airport Data (RVR and light settings, about 130 airports) and TFDM (15-minute runway demand, APREQ/MIT restrictions). Each block is stamped with its own time; none of it is an FAA product or a clearance.
- Predicted runway scores each open end from the TAF wind (headwind, crosswind penalty, tailwind avoidance, longest-runway tie-break); confidence falls with forecast distance, gusts and TAF age. It does not model noise abatement or flow programs.
- Climatology: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive, one observation per hour, 45° wind sectors, percentiles via t-digest; runway geometry is today's record applied to all years. Methodology v1.
- Approaches: FAA d-TPP metafile, current charting cycle; plates link to aeronav.faa.gov. No minimums are reproduced.
- Data freshness: METAR and D-ATIS refresh every minute on this page; the D-ATIS recorder ran 4 min ago; the tower TFDM feed last delivered 4 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.
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