Galway Airport

EICM · Connaught, Ireland

The METAR station used is 67 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 310° Galway Airport 8/26
Wind: 13 kt, 4 beaufort

7 kt

11 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,800
METAR EINN 231600Z 31013KT 290V350 9999 FEW028 15/08 Q1026 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 23, 2024 17:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 310° with a speed of 13 kt. The wind direction varies between 290° and 350°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,800 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 15 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 63%. The air pressure at sea level is 1026 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:16 and sets at 20:51. 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° 11 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

2,800 ft FEW Few clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 15 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 63%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:18
Midday
13:33
Sunset
20:49 (3:29h)

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