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 130° Galway Airport 8/26
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

3 kt

5 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,300
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 3,300
METAR EINN 201130Z 13006KT 100V160 9999 FEW023 SCT033 14/06 Q1030 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 20, 2024 12:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 130° with a speed of 6 kt. The wind direction varies between 100° and 160°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,300 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 3,300 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 14 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 59%. The air pressure at sea level is 1030 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:23 and sets at 20:45. 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° 5 kt 3 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

2,300 ft FEW Few clouds
3,300 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 14 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 59%
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:24
Midday
13:34
Sunset
20:44 (7:39h)

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