London Gatwick Airport

EGKK · England, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 310° London Gatwick Airport 8R/26L
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort

7 kt

9 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 2,800
METAR EGKK 191120Z 31012KT 280V350 9999 FEW020 BKN028 13/07 Q1016

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 19, 2024 12:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 310° with a speed of 12 kt. The wind direction varies between 280° and 350°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,000 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 2,800 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 2,800 ft.

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 1016 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:55 and sets at 20:03. 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° 9 kt 7 kt 79 %
8L/26R 077°-257° 10 kt 7 kt 80 %

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

2,000 ft FEW Few clouds
2,800 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 13 °C
Dewpoint 7 °C
Rel. humidity 67%
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:55
Midday
12:59
Sunset
20:03 (7:03h)

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