Originally Posted by tangofox007

The airplane touches down in a crab, equal to the wind correction angle. However, the term "relative wind" does not really apply here. (If the airplane were heading directly into the relative wind, there would be no drift.) In order to have a relative wind, the runway would have to be moving. Which is exactly the case with an aircraft carrier. Because the landing deck is offset 10 degrees from the centerline of the ship, the ships heading and speed are adjusted so that the relative wind (resulting from the natural wind and the ship's movement) is ten degrees off the port bow at 25 knots. That way landing aircraft have no crosswind component.