Originally Posted by
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I don't think a controller needs to know either limit. It's up to the pilots to apply the limitations of their airframe to the operation of said airframe. ATC should advertise the winds that exist when they cut the ATIS and that exist when they give a landing clearance.
Now, if ATC is being pressured into lying in some way to the pilots about the winds, that's a different issue. And it's an issue that should be given a great amount of attention.
It's not uncommon for ATC to ask for your max tailwind (ten knots for most of us). Then they give you a wind report...usually at ten knots.
Perhaps ATC managers resist turning certain airports around even when conditions would warrant? Pure speculation on my part.