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: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

3 kt

3 kt
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0 ft 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,200
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 20,000
METAR EINN 012130Z 12004KT 9999 FEW012 SCT200 10/06 Q1010 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 May 1, 2024 22:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 120° with a speed of 4 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 1,200 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 20,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature is 10 °C, with a wind chill of 8 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 76%. The air pressure at sea level is 1010 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:00 and sets at 21:05. 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° 3 kt 3 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

1,200 ft FEW Few clouds
20,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 10 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 76%
Wind chill 8 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:02 (7:15h)
Midday
13:32
Sunset
21:03

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