London Gatwick Airport

EGKK · England, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 200° London Gatwick Airport 8R/26L
Wind: 15 kt, 4 beaufort

8 kt

13 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 2,700
METAR EGKK 291350Z 20015KT 180V240 9999 SCT027 13/07 Q0988

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 March 29, 2024 13:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 200° with a speed of 15 kt. The wind direction varies between 180° and 240°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,700 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 13 °C. The dew point is 7 °C, the relative humidity is 67%. The air pressure at sea level is 988 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° 13 kt 8 kt 85 %
8L/26R 077°-257° 13 kt 8 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

2,700 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 13 °C
Dewpoint 7 °C
Rel. humidity 67%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:41
Midday
12:05
Sunset
18:29 (4:13h)

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