Galway Airport

EICM · Connaught, Ireland

The METAR station used is 67 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 130° Galway Airport 8/26
Wind: 11 kt, 4 beaufort

6 kt

9 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,200
METAR EINN 110230Z 13011KT 6000 FEW012 11/10 Q1019 TEMPO 3000

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 11, 2024 03:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 130° with a speed of 11 kt.

Visibility is 6 km.

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

The temperature and wind chill are 11 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1019 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 3 km.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:41 and sets at 21:22. 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° 9 kt 6 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

1,200 ft FEW Few clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 11 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Kp-index 9 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:43 (1:59h)
Midday
13:32
Sunset
21:20

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