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When flying an airplane in crosswind what heading are you flying?

Asked by wfcentral (4points) September 25th, 2009

If you are flying an airplane in a crosswind and you’re crabbing to the left. Does the heading on your instruments show the direction the plane is moving across the ground OR the direction the nose is pointed (which will obviously be different due to the wind)?

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Your heading will always be the direction the nose of your airplane is pointing. So if you were traveling due north with a strong east wind, you’d have to have a heading of somewhere in the 010 range in order to maintain a track of 360.

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