Geilenkirchen Air Base

ETNG · North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The METAR station used is 44 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 230° Geilenkirchen Air Base 9/27
Wind direction to Wind: 13 kt, gusting 26 kt, 4 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR EDLN 281450Z 23013G26KT 190V270 CAVOK 12/01 Q0989

METAR Geilenkirchen Air Base - ETNG/GKE

Geilenkirchen Air Base is a midsized airport in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The airport is located at latitude 50.96085 and longitude 6.04175. The airport has one runway: 9/27. The ICAO airport code of this field is ETNG. The airport's IATA code is GKE. The airport is in the Langen FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Mönchengladbach Airport on March 28, 2024 15:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 230° with a speed of 13 kt. Wind gusts of 26 kt have been measured. The wind direction varies between 190° and 270°.

The weather is CAVOK. That means there are no clouds below 5,000 ft or the MSA (minimum safe altitude), whichever is higher. This also means that no cumulonimbus or towering cumulus clouds have been observed and the visibility is 10 km or more or more. Furthermore, there can't be fog, precipitation nor other significant weather.

The temperature and wind chill are 12 °C. The dew point is 1 °C, the relative humidity is 47%. The air pressure at sea level is 989 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:19 and sets at 19:02. This applies to Geilenkirchen Air Base, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +1 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
9/27 091°-271° 9-17 kt 10-20 kt 66 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 12 °C
Dewpoint 1 °C
Rel. humidity 47%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:17
Midday
12:38
Sunset
19:00 (2:38h)

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