Brighton City Airport

EGKA · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 36 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 180° Brighton City Airport 2/20
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

9 kt

4 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 1,900
METAR EGKK 290720Z 18010KT 140V220 9999 SCT019 09/06 Q0986

METAR Brighton City Airport - EGKA/ESH

Brighton City Airport is a midsized airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 50.83595 and longitude -0.29489. The airport has 4 runways: 2/20, 13/31, 6/24 and 2R/20L. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGKA. The airport's IATA code is ESH. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for London Gatwick Airport on March 29, 2024 07:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 180° with a speed of 10 kt. The wind direction varies between 140° and 220°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,900 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature is 9 °C, with a wind chill of 5 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 82%. The air pressure at sea level is 986 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:42 and sets at 18:29. This applies to Brighton City Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +0 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

On this airport you can find flying schools. Companies on this airport are Sky Leisure Aviation, FAA Pilot UK and Flying Time Limited.

Experiences

Go to Vliegles.nl to find flying lessons, skydives and other flying experiences. Browse the page for all available activities near Brighton City Airport. You can also use the search function to find specific flying lessons, skydives or other flying experiences near your place.

Do not use for flight planning
The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
2/20 022°-202° 4 kt 9 kt 37 %
13/31 124°-304° 8 kt 6 kt 83 %
6/24 063°-243° 9 kt 5 kt 89 %
2R/20L 021°-201° 4 kt 9 kt 36 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Clouds

1,900 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 9 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 82%
Wind chill 5 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:41
Midday
12:05
Sunset
18:29 (10:32h)

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