Galway Airport

EICM · Connaught, Ireland

The METAR station used is 67 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 310° Galway Airport 8/26
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort

7 kt

10 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,800
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 3,000
METAR EINN 191430Z 31012KT 9999 -DZ FEW018 BKN030 14/09 Q1024 NOSIG

METAR Galway Airport - EICM/GWY

Galway Airport is a midsized airport in Connaught, Ireland. The airport is located at latitude 53.30015 and longitude -8.94172. The airport has one runway: 8/26. The ICAO airport code of this field is EICM. The airport's IATA code is GWY. The airport is in the Shannon FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Shannon Airport on April 19, 2024 15:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 310° 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 3,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 3,000 ft.

Current weather is light drizzle. The temperature and wind chill are 14 °C. The dew point is 9 °C, the relative humidity is 72%. The air pressure at sea level is 1024 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:25 and sets at 20:43. This applies to Galway 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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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
8/26 075°-255° 10 kt 7 kt 82 %

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
3,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light drizzle
Temperature 14 °C
Dewpoint 9 °C
Rel. humidity 72%
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:27
Midday
13:34
Sunset
20:42 (4:50h)

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