London Gatwick Airport

EGKK · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 48 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 280° London Gatwick Airport 8R/26L
Wind: 3 kt, 1 beaufort

3 kt

1 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 600
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 1,200
METAR EGWU 230550Z 28003KT 6000 -DZ SCT006 BKN012 06/05 Q1023 TEMPO FEW006 RMK YLO1 TEMPO GRN

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 RAF Northolt on April 23, 2024 06:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 280° with a speed of 3 kt.

Visibility is 6 km.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 600 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 1,200 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 1,200 ft.

Current weather is light drizzle. The temperature is 6 °C, with a wind chill of 4 °C. The dew point is 5 °C, the relative humidity is 93%. The air pressure at sea level is 1023 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. few clouds at an altitude of 600 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:47 and sets at 20:10. This applies to London Gatwick Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +1 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

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° 1 kt 3 kt 37 %
8L/26R 077°-257° 1 kt 3 kt 39 %

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

600 ft SCT Scattered clouds
1,200 ft BKN Broken clouds
600 ft FEW Temporary Few clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light drizzle
Temperature 6 °C
Dewpoint 5 °C
Rel. humidity 93%
Wind chill 4 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Remarks

TEMPO

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:47
Midday
12:59
Sunset
20:12 (13:04h)

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