Crosswind & headwind API

Decomposes a wind into crosswind and head/tailwind components relative to a runway heading, with the crosswind side. Answers 'What is the crosswind component for runway 09 with wind 130 at 20?', 'Is there a tailwind on this runway?'.

Price$0.02per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/nav/wind-components

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

aviationcrosswindheadwindtailwindrunwaywindtakeofflanding

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/nav/wind-components

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "runwayHeadingDeg": 90,
  "windFromDeg": 130,
  "windSpeedKt": 20
}

Example response

{
  "runwayHeadingDeg": 90,
  "windAngleDeg": 40,
  "headwindComponentKt": 15.32,
  "tailwindComponentKt": 0,
  "crosswindComponentKt": 12.86,
  "crosswindFrom": "right",
  "isTailwind": false,
  "interpretation": "12.9 kt crosswind from the right, 15.3 kt headwind."
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "runwayHeadingDeg",
    "windFromDeg",
    "windSpeedKt"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "runwayHeadingDeg": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        90
      ]
    },
    "windFromDeg": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        130
      ]
    },
    "windSpeedKt": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        20
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}