London Heathrow Airport

EGLL · England, United Kingdom

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Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 290° London Heathrow Airport 9L/27R
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

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Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,900
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BKN 3,600
METAR EGLL 161720Z 29007KT 240V320 9000 TSRA FEW019CB BKN036 08/03 Q1015 RETSGS TEMPO 4000 +TSGS

METAR London Heathrow Airport - EGLL/LHR

London Heathrow Airport is a large airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 51.47128 and longitude -0.46088. The airport has 2 runways: 9L/27R and 9R/27L. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGLL. The airport's IATA code is LHR. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for London Heathrow Airport on April 16, 2024 18:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 290° with a speed of 7 kt. The wind direction varies between 240° and 320°.

Visibility is 9 km.

There are few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 1,900 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 3,600 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 3,600 ft.

Current weather is thunderstorms rain. The temperature is 8 °C, with a wind chill of 4 °C. The dew point is 3 °C, the relative humidity is 71%. The air pressure at sea level is 1015 hPa (QNH). Recently it was thunderstorms small hail.

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 4 km. Significant weather: heavy thunderstorms small hail.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:02 and sets at 20:00. This applies to London Heathrow 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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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 %
9L/27R 090°-270° 2 kt 7 kt 34 %
9R/27L 090°-270° 2 kt 7 kt 34 %

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

1,900 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus
3,600 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Thunderstorms rain
Recent Thunderstorms small hail
Temperature 8 °C
Dewpoint 3 °C
Rel. humidity 71%
Wind chill 4 °C
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:02
Midday
13:01
Sunset
20:00 (1:29h)

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