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JustinPinnix

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KTTA 161643Z AUTO 30019G44KT 10SM SCT065 13/M03 A2965 RMK AO2

Runway heading is 030/210, so this is a direct crosswind.

Local news said the FAA had ordered all outbound flights grounded. I couldn't find a NOTAM to that effect. Maybe tower is just refusing clearances.
 
...or maybe "local news" hasn't a clue what they're talking about. That said, the air carriers have defined crosswind limits in their FAA-approved operating manuals, and this may exceed them, in which case they can't fly into/out of that airport. In that sense, one might say the FAA has ordered them "grounded" -- about as accurately as Obi-Wan telling Luke that Vader "betrayed and murdered" his father.
 
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