50243-16-2P AID: 30951 | 18/06/2017

Refer the wind data for Anytown Airport, USA for Annual period record 1995-2004 from
FAA reference source of Appendix 1 of AC 150/5300-13 obtained from National
Climatic Data Centre and tabulate data.

Title : Anytown, USA

RECOMMENDED CROSSWIND COMPONENT – 13 KNOTS
HOURLY OBSERVATIONS OF WIND SPEED (KNOTS)

Direction 0-3 4-6 7-10 11- 17- 22-27 28- 34-40 >41 Total
16 21 33
10 174 652 586 247 6 0
0 00 1665
20 213 816 698 221 7 0
0 00 1955
30 235 894 656 158 4 0
0 02 1949
40 167 806 559 88 0 0
0 00 1620
50 182 809 345 44 1 0
0 00 1381
60 199 753 332 30 5 0
0 00 1319
70 158 550 187 20 0 0
0 01 916
80 134 453 194 22 1 0
0 00 804
90 145 373 169 16 2 0
0 00 705
100 103 321 115 19 1 0
0 02 561
110 92 293 138 25 0 0
0 00 548
120 90 283 207 33 3 0
0 00 616
130 93 279 188 28 0 0
0 00 588
140 65 246 195 55 2 0
0 01 564
150 64 213 194 42 4 0
0 00 517
160 61 236 201 105 16 1
0 01 621
170 80 254 306 140 10 2
0 01 793
180 88 372 485 194 25 2
0 00 1166
190 125 499 608 278 17 2
0 00 1529
200 184 717 700 370 27 2
0 00 2000
210 264 950 725 331 26 0
0 02 2298
220 321 1419 1030 445 40 5
0 00 3260
230 396 1658 1355 630 97 9
0 10 4146
240 415 1600 1465 782 83 13
0 21 4361
250 323 1166 1093 730 119 33
0 50 3469
260 311 979 918 715 139 23
0 40 3089
270 248 760 810 660 143 28
0 30 2652
280 226 625 815 666 105 14
0 20 2453
290 162 572 865 710 98 11
0 00 2418
300 130 470 788 590 68 5
0 00 2051
310 82 394 659 325 31 1
0 00 1492
320 97 302 485 246 15 0
0 00 1145
330 66 281 450 196 6 1
0 00 1000
340 85 265 369 151 4 1
0 00 875
350 102 314 323 152 12 0
0 00 903
360 140 394 457 223 16 0
0 00 1230
Calm 18705 18705
Total 24725 21968 19670 9687 1133 153 17 0 11 77364
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Draw the wind rose diagram from the wind data obtained for Anytown Airport by
following the below steps –

1) With a scale of 1cm: 4 Knots draw concentric circles with wind velocities 10, 16, 21, 27
and >27 (say 32) knots.
2) With the help of protractor draw radial lines from centre of circle indicating the wind
directions from 10o to 360o.
3) From wind data table calculate the percentage of wind in the appropriate wind velocity
range and plot the percentage of wind data in the appropriate wind velocity range
segment and direction. Plus(+) symbols are used to indicate direction and speed
combinations which occurs less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the time.

For example, for the wind speed range of 11-16 Knots in 10 o direction calculate the
percentage of wind using the following formula.

Hourly observations of wind speed (Knots ) for each wind speed range
Percentage of wind = ∗100
Sum of total wind speed
247
= ∗100
77364
=0 . 3

4) Make a transparent template on which three parallel lines are plotted. The middle line
represents the runway centre line and the distance between it and each of the outside lines
is equal to the allowable cross wind component which is 13 knot for airport code BII.
5) Place the template on the wind rose diagram so that the middle line pass through the
centre of wind rose.
6) Using centre of wind rose as pivot, rotate the template until the sum of percentages of
winds between outside lines is maximum. Here at 270o the sum of percentages of winds is
maximum which is equal to 97.79%.
7) According to FAA standards, runways should be oriented so that aircraft may be landed
at least 95% of the time without exceeding the allowable cross winds. Here the sum of
percentage of wind is greater than 95% so a single runway is enough.
Therefore the orientation of the runway is along 270o for the given wind data. Based on
comparing with the runway orientation in problem 1, the airport in problem 1 is subjected
to large component of wind at right angle to the direction of travel so additional
crosswind runway is introduced but in problem 2 the percentage of wind exceeded the
95% minimum requirement as per FAA so single runway is suitable.