Galway Airport

EICM · Connaught, Ireland

The METAR station used is 67 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 120° Galway Airport 8/26
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 2,200
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BKN 3,500
METAR EINN 290130Z 12007KT 9999 SCT022 BKN035 05/03 Q0974 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 March 29, 2024 01:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 120° with a speed of 7 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,200 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 3,500 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 3,500 ft.

The temperature is 5 °C, with a wind chill of 1 °C. The dew point is 3 °C, the relative humidity is 87%. The air pressure at sea level is 974 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:14 and sets at 19:05. This applies to Galway 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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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
8/26 075°-255° 5 kt 5 kt 71 %

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

2,200 ft SCT Scattered clouds
3,500 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 5 °C
Dewpoint 3 °C
Rel. humidity 87%
Wind chill 1 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:15 (4:10h)
Midday
12:40
Sunset
19:05

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