London Gatwick Airport

EGKK · England, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 220° London Gatwick Airport 8R/26L
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR EGKK 181750Z 22010KT CAVOK 11/04 Q1021

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 London Gatwick Airport on April 18, 2024 18:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 220° with a speed of 10 kt.

The weather is CAVOK. That means there are no clouds below 5,000 ft or the MSA (minimum safe altitude), whichever is higher. This also means that no cumulonimbus or towering cumulus clouds have been observed and the visibility is 10 km or more or more. Furthermore, there can't be fog, precipitation nor other significant weather.

The temperature and wind chill are 11 °C. The dew point is 4 °C, the relative humidity is 62%. The air pressure at sea level is 1021 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:57 and sets at 20:02. 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° 6 kt 8 kt 62 %
8L/26R 077°-257° 6 kt 8 kt 60 %

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

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 11 °C
Dewpoint 4 °C
Rel. humidity 62%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:57
Midday
13:00
Sunset
20:02 (37m)

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