Simbrief suggests runways with wrong wind directions recently

I have noticed since last few days, by new flight generating with Simbrief, it suggests almost runways with wrong wind directions for departures and arrivals. I checked Metar-Tarf, FlightRadar24 and some other weather websites, and they are opppsite to Simbrief, not sure from my side or what is.

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I have experienced this from time to time, and thus always check with the metar on Simbrief, but have not had it happen with any more regularity lately.

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Yes, I get the same. I always check AWC - METeorological Aerodrome Reports (METARs) to see where the winds are coming from, and I’ll often pull up FlightAware to get a visual of how planes are taking off/landing at a particular airport, and adjust the Simbrief runways accordingly.

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Try Which runway to choose? (airportdb.io)

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Nice. Bookmarked for future use!

Also keep in mind, just because winds are favoring a certain runway, doesn’t always mean it is in use. There are various reasons for this, noise abatements, etc…

CYYZ is a prime example of this.

For Canadian airports, I use the following NAV Canada resources.

https://extranetapps.navcanada.ca/ois/ois.aspx

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