London Gatwick Airport

EGKK · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 78 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 200° London Gatwick Airport 8R/26L
Wind: 19 kt, 5 beaufort

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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 3,400
METAR EGMC 291420Z 20019KT 9999 SCT034 13/06 Q0989

METAR London Gatwick Airport - EGKK/LGW

London Gatwick Airport is a large airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 51.14875 and longitude -0.19247. The airport has 2 runways: 8R/26L and 8L/26R. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGKK. The airport's IATA code is LGW. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Southend Airport on March 29, 2024 14:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 200° with a speed of 19 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 3,400 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 13 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 63%. The air pressure at sea level is 989 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:41 and sets at 18:29. This applies to London Gatwick 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

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Experiences

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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 %
8R/26L 078°-258° 16 kt 10 kt 85 %
8L/26R 077°-257° 16 kt 10 kt 84 %

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

3,400 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 13 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 63%
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:37
Midday
12:01
Sunset
18:25 (3:24h)

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