Galway Airport

EICM · Connaught, Ireland

The METAR station used is 67 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 030° Galway Airport 8/26
Wind direction to Wind: 16 kt, gusting 26 kt, 4 beaufort

11 kt

11 kt
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SCT 1,800
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SCT 4,100
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BKN 9,000
METAR EINN 261430Z 03016G26KT 9999 SHRAGS SCT018CB SCT041 BKN090 11/M01 Q1005 BECMG 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 26, 2024 15:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 030° with a speed of 16 kt. Wind gusts of 26 kt have been measured.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 1,800 ft, scattered clouds at an altitude of 4,100 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 9,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 9,000 ft.

Current weather is showers rain small hail. The temperature and wind chill are 11 °C. The dew point is -1 °C, the relative humidity is 44%. The air pressure at sea level is 1005 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:10 and sets at 20:56. 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° 11-18 kt 11-18 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

1,800 ft SCT Scattered clouds cumulonimbus
4,100 ft SCT Scattered clouds
9,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Showers rain small hail
Temperature 11 °C
Dewpoint -1 °C
Rel. humidity 44%
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:12
Midday
13:33
Sunset
20:54 (4:51h)

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