Tailwind

Weather

A tailwind is wind blowing in the same direction as the aircraft’s track or the runway direction of travel. It increases groundspeed for a given airspeed. During take-off and landing it usually increases the distance needed and can reduce climb performance after take-off. Check the tailwind component against aircraft and runway limits, and avoid tailwind operations when performance or control margins are small.

Also known as

tail windfollowing wind

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