Galway Airport

EICM · Connaught, Ireland

The METAR station used is 67 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 260° Galway Airport 8/26
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

8 kt

1 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 500
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 1,000
METAR EINN 190430Z 26008KT 8000 -DZ FEW005 BKN010 09/08 Q1023 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 05:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 260° with a speed of 8 kt.

Visibility is 8 km.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 500 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 1,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 1,000 ft.

Current weather is light drizzle. The temperature is 9 °C, with a wind chill of 5 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1023 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° 8 kt 9 %

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

500 ft FEW Few clouds
1,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light drizzle
Temperature 9 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Wind chill 5 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:27 (28m)
Midday
13:34
Sunset
20:42

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