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Old Jan 24, 2018 | 4:32 am
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Originally Posted by florens
However, this would be a 90 degrees angle. The crosswind component here is lower than the wind speeds shown in the METAR. There is a formula to calculate the component. I don‘t know it by heart though.
Indeed, my mental arithmetic was off. It's still not a nice crosswind.
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