London Gatwick Airport

EGKK · England, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 170° London Gatwick Airport 8R/26L
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort


12 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,800
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 2,500
METAR EGKK 281220Z 17012KT 9999 -SHRA FEW018 BKN025 08/06 Q0978

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 28, 2024 12:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 170° with a speed of 12 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 1,800 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 2,500 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 2,500 ft.

Current weather is light showers rain. The temperature is 8 °C, with a wind chill of 3 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 87%. The air pressure at sea level is 978 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:43 and sets at 18:27. 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° 12 kt 100 %
8L/26R 077°-257° 12 kt 100 %

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

1,800 ft FEW Few clouds
2,500 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light showers rain
Temperature 8 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 87%
Wind chill 3 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:43
Midday
12:05
Sunset
18:27 (5:57h)

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