Galway Airport

EICM · Connaught, Ireland

The METAR station used is 67 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Galway Airport 8/26
Wind: 1 kt, 1 beaufort


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Cloud Cloud
FEW 300
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BKN 500
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BKN 1,100
METAR EINN 250830Z VRB01KT 3000 -DZ FEW003 BKN005 BKN011 08/07 Q1007 BECMG 5000 BKN012

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 25, 2024 09:30, local time.

Airport observations

There is little or no wind from a variable direction.

Visibility is 3 km.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 300 ft, broken clouds at an altitude of 500 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 1,100 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 500 ft.

Current weather is light drizzle. The temperature and wind chill are 8 °C. The dew point is 7 °C, the relative humidity is 93%. The air pressure at sea level is 1007 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Becoming

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 5 km. broken clouds at an altitude of 1,200 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:12 and sets at 20:54. 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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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
8/26 075°-255° 97 %

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

300 ft FEW Few clouds
500 ft BKN Broken clouds
1,100 ft BKN Broken clouds
1,200 ft BKN Becoming Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light drizzle
Temperature 8 °C
Dewpoint 7 °C
Rel. humidity 93%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:14
Midday
13:33
Sunset
20:52 (11:11h)

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