KMIA Runway 08R/26L — Miami International Airport

Name: KMIA Runway 08R/26L wind climatology 2005–2025
Creator: ATIS Alerts

10,506 × 200 ft asphalt · true headings 087° / 267° · field elevation 8 ft

Runway 08R/26L at Miami International Airport (KMIA) in Miami, FL is 10,506 ft long and 200 ft wide, asphalt, with true headings 087° and 267°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 08R the headwind 72.1% of the time and runway 26L 27.9%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 0.2% of wind hours. KMIA 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 08R/26L — current status

EQUIPMENT OUTAGE (D-ATIS)

RWY 8R MALSR OTS, RY 8L, 26R CL LGTS OTS, RWY 8R PAPI OTS, TWY N LGTS BTN TWY, JJ AND TWY N12 OTS.
RWY 8R MALSR OTS, RY 8L, 26R CL LGTS OTS, TWY N LGTS BTN TWY, JJ AND TWY N12 OTS.

Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · FAA NOTAMs · Tower TFDM configuration (FAA SWIM) · D-ATIS · Tower TFDM 0220Z (10:20 PM EDT) · D-ATIS 0153Z (9:53 PM EDT). Runway NOTAMs stream live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service (SWIM); the official text is shown verbatim below the card. Always confirm with a current briefing.

No received NOTAM currently names runway 08R/26L at KMIA. NOTAMs are received live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service through SWIM and recorded since Sep 19, 2026; a NOTAM issued before that and not re-issued since may be missing. Get a full briefing before flight.

Runway visual rangeSTDDS 0225Z (10:25 PM EDT)

08R TDZ 6000+ ↑ · MID – · RO 6000+ ↑ · lights edge 3 / CL 3

26L TDZ 6000+ ↑ · MID – · RO 6000+ ↑ · lights edge 3 / CL 3

Feet, touchdown / midpoint / rollout; 6000+ is the reportable maximum and "off" means the sensor is not reporting (runway not in use). Light settings 0 (off) to 5. Runway lights are on. Not an FAA product; verify with the current METAR and ATIS.

Current active runways at KMIA

As stated by the tower — its TFDM surface system and its D-ATIS broadcast. Not an estimate.

Information Juliett · 0153Z (9:53 PM EDT)

Tower configuration (TFDM)

“EAST_NO_LASHO” · updated recently

Arrivals

1208R08L09

Departures

1208R08L09

Airport rates: 72 arrivals / 60 departures per hour. In effect since 2026-09-18 2020Z (4:20 PM EDT).

D-ATIS broadcast

Arrivals

Departures

08R

This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 0153Z (9:53 PM EDT).

Show the D-ATIS text

MIA ARR INFO J 0153Z. 00000KT 10SM FEW015 SCT070 OVC250 25/23 A3001 (THREE ZERO ZERO ONE). PARL APPROACHES IN USE. ARRIVALS EXPECT ILS RWY 9 . RWY 8L, RWY 8R FREQ 118.3 RWY 9, RWY 12 FREQ 123.9. NOTICE TO AIR MEN. RWYS 8L, 26R CLSD, RWYS 12, 30 CLSD. TWY N CLSD BTN TWY, Z AND TWY M2, TWY P CLSD BTN TWY, Z AND TWY Q2, TWY Q CLSD BTN TWY Q1 AND TWY Q2 FOR AIRCRAFT ABOVE ADG GROUP 4. RWY 8R MALSR OTS, RY 8L, 26R CL LGTS OTS, RWY 8R PAPI OTS, TWY N LGTS BTN TWY, JJ AND TWY N12 OTS. DHP VOR OTS. HAZD WX INFO FOR MIA AREA AVBL FSS. BIRDS INVOF MIA. ALL ACFT READ BACK ALL HOLD SHRT INSTRUCTIONS AND ASSIGNED ALT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO J.

MIA DEP INFO W 0153Z. 00000KT 10SM FEW015 SCT070 OVC250 25/23 A3001 (THREE ZERO ZERO ONE). DEPG RWYS 8R. RWY 8L, RWY 8R FREQ 118.3 RWY 9, RWY 12 FREQ 123.9. NOTICE TO AIR MEN. RWYS 8L, 26R CLSD, RWYS 12, 30 CLSD. TWY N CLSD BTN TWY, Z AND TWY M2, TWY P CLSD BTN TWY, Z AND TWY Q2, TWY Q CLSD BTN TWY Q1 AND TWY Q2 FOR AIRCRAFT ABOVE ADG GROUP 4. RWY 8R MALSR OTS, RY 8L, 26R CL LGTS OTS, TWY N LGTS BTN TWY, JJ AND TWY N12 OTS. DHP VOR OTS. HAZD WX INFO FOR MIA AREA AVBL FSS. BIRDS INVOF MIA. ALL ACFT READ BACK ALL HOLD SHRT INSTRUCTIONS AND ASSIGNED ALT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO W.

Current wind on Runway 08R/26L

Wind calm

METAR 0153Z (9:53 PM EDT)

Runway 08R

No steady wind direction — no components to compute.

Runway 26L

No steady wind direction — no components to compute.

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 KMIA is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.

Time	Likely runway	Confidence	Wind
Now0234Z · 10:34 PM EDT	12, 08R, 08L and 09active · tower TFDM stated by the tower (TFDM)	stated	calm
+1 h0334Z · 11:34 PM EDT	- calm wind: assignment depends on local practice, not wind	-	VRB at 4 kt
+2 h0434Z · 12:34 AM EDT	- calm wind: assignment depends on local practice, not wind	-	VRB at 4 kt
+3 h0534Z · 1:34 AM EDT	- calm wind: assignment depends on local practice, not wind	-	VRB at 4 kt
+6 h0834Z · 4:34 AM EDT	- calm wind: assignment depends on local practice, not wind	-	VRB at 4 kt
+12 h1434Z · 10:34 AM EDT	- calm wind: assignment depends on local practice, not wind	-	VRB 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 2320Z (7:20 PM EDT).

Traffic management restrictions at KMIA (tower TFDM)as of 0220Z

GDP → DEN · since 09/18 2200Z · by DCC · Weather:Thunderstorms: — ground delay program
GDP → SAN · since 09/19 0000Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program
GDP → SFO · since 09/19 0200Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program

Restrictions on departures from KMIAtoward 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 08R/26L overview

Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.

Length: 10,506 ft
Width: 200 ft
Surface: Asphalt
Runway lights: Lighted
Airport elevation: 8 ft
FAA record status: Open

Runway 08R

True heading: 087°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 094°
FAA record: Open

Runway 26L

True heading: 267°
Magnetic (approx.): ≈ 274°
FAA record: Open

Runway 08R/26L 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 7.3°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 KMIA — 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 KMIA'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 — 6 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 08R/26L

20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.

From 175,290 hourly observations at KMIA (2005–2025), 144,574 with a steady wind direction (17.5% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.

Crosswind on runway 08R/26L (either end)

Mean crosswind

4 kt

median 3.6 kt

90th / 95th percentile

7.7 / 9 kt

max 89.9 kt

Above 10 kt

2.9%

> 15 kt: 0.2% · > 20 kt: 0%

Gust crosswind > 15 kt

4.3%

90th pct gust 10.3 kt

Strongest-crosswind month on average: Jan; calmest: Sep. Percentiles are streaming approximations (t-digest), accurate to about 0.1 kt.

Runway 08R

Headwind

72.1%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

7.3%

> 10 kt: 1.1%

Wind-favored end

13.9%

most headwind of all runways

Runway 26L

Headwind

27.9%

of wind hours

Tailwind > 5 kt

46.5%

> 10 kt: 14.7%

Wind-favored end

4.7%

most headwind of all runways

“Wind-favored” counts the hours this end had the most headwind of every open runway at KMIA — 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-favored share of runway 08R and 26L by wind sector, 2005–2025
Wind from	Share of wind hours	08R favored	26L favored	Mean crosswind	Crosswind > 15 kt
N 338–023°	8%	7.6%	0%	5.2 kt	0.1%
NE 023–068°	13%	49.8%	0%	4.7 kt	0%
E 068–113°	32%	21.9%	0%	2.1 kt	0%
SE 113–158°	20%	0%	0%	5.6 kt	0.2%
S 158–203°	8%	0%	7.8%	6.7 kt	1.8%
SW 203–248°	5%	0%	49.3%	4.4 kt	0.2%
W 248–293°	6%	0%	26.6%	1.5 kt	0%
NW 293–338°	8%	0%	0%	4.8 kt	0%

By time of day (airport-local)

morning

08R favored 12.3% · 26L 4.8%

mean crosswind 4.4 kt · calm 20.6%

afternoon

08R favored 14.2% · 26L 4.3%

mean crosswind 4.9 kt · calm 7.6%

evening

08R favored 16.9% · 26L 4.9%

mean crosswind 3.6 kt · calm 11.3%

night

08R favored 13.2% · 26L 4.8%

mean crosswind 3.2 kt · calm 25.8%

Seasonal runway conditions

Monthly wind and weather statistics for runway 08R/26L at KMIA, 2005–2025
Month	Prevailing	Mean wind	Gusty	Mean xw	xw > 10	xw > 15	xw > 20	08R tail > 5	26L tail > 5	IFR	TS	Fog
Jan	E	6.7 kt	16%	4.6 kt	4.5%	0.3%	0%	11.2%	34%	2.8%	0.09%	3.1%
Feb	E	7 kt	16.6%	4.4 kt	4.4%	0.2%	0%	10.6%	42.2%	1.7%	0.13%	2.6%
Mar	E	7.9 kt	22.1%	4.4 kt	4.6%	0.3%	0%	10.9%	48.9%	0.5%	0.26%	1.4%
Apr	E	8.1 kt	21.6%	4.3 kt	4.4%	0.3%	0%	9.2%	55.4%	0.5%	0.74%	1.2%
May	E	7.6 kt	17.7%	3.9 kt	2.5%	0.1%	0%	6.4%	56.9%	0.6%	1.82%	1.4%
Jun	E	6.2 kt	10.7%	3.9 kt	2.4%	0.2%	0%	6.1%	47%	0.7%	4.28%	1.7%
Jul	E	5.7 kt	8.2%	3.6 kt	1.3%	0.1%	0%	4.6%	47.2%	0.5%	4.69%	1.1%
Aug	E	5.8 kt	9.3%	3.7 kt	2%	0.3%	0%	4.5%	46.6%	0.5%	4.13%	1.3%
Sep	E	5.4 kt	9%	3.5 kt	1.7%	0.3%	0%	5.6%	41.8%	0.6%	3.69%	1.5%
Oct	E	6.8 kt	16.4%	3.8 kt	1.6%	0.1%	0%	6.1%	49.9%	0.7%	1%	1.8%
Nov	E	6.6 kt	16.4%	4.1 kt	2%	0.1%	0%	5.2%	43.6%	1.2%	0.17%	2%
Dec	E	6.6 kt	14.9%	4.2 kt	2.5%	0.1%	0%	6.9%	42.6%	1.2%	0.07%	2%

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 08R/26L closure history

Runway NOTAM history begins when the NOTAM feed goes live (next phase).

D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 08R closed on 0 days and runway 26L closed on 0 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 08R/26L

From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.

Runway 08R

Runway 26L

29 departure procedures · 18 STARs · FAA hot spots page ↗ · LAHSO page ↗ · 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 (KMIA 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 14 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.

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Crosswind (kt)	Share of wind hours
0–5	70.5%
5–10	26.7%
10–15	2.7%
15–20	0.2%
20–25	0%
25+	0%