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 290° Galway Airport 8/26
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

4 kt

3 kt
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0 ft 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,400
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 20,000
METAR EINN 281400Z 29005KT 230V360 9999 FEW024 BKN200 10/M00 Q0970 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 28, 2024 14:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 290° with a speed of 5 kt. The wind direction varies between 230° and 360°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,400 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 20,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 20,000 ft.

The temperature is 10 °C, with a wind chill of 8 °C. The air pressure at sea level is 970 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:17 and sets at 19:04. 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° 3 kt 4 kt 57 %

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

2,400 ft FEW Few clouds
20,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 10 °C
Dewpoint 0 °C
Rel. humidity 50%
Wind chill 8 °C
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:17
Midday
12:40
Sunset
19:03 (4:46h)

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