London Gatwick Airport

EGKK · England, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 020° London Gatwick Airport 8R/26L
Wind: 11 kt, 4 beaufort

6 kt

9 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 2,800
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 3,600
METAR EGKK 231620Z 02011KT 9999 SCT028 BKN036 10/04 Q1020

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 23, 2024 17:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 020° with a speed of 11 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,800 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 3,600 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 3,600 ft.

The temperature is 10 °C, with a wind chill of 6 °C. The dew point is 4 °C, the relative humidity is 67%. The air pressure at sea level is 1020 hPa (QNH).

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° 9 kt 6 kt 85 %
8L/26R 077°-257° 9 kt 6 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

2,800 ft SCT Scattered clouds
3,600 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 10 °C
Dewpoint 4 °C
Rel. humidity 67%
Wind chill 6 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:47
Midday
12:58
Sunset
20:10 (2:40h)

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