El Hierro Airport

GCHI · Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 350° El Hierro Airport 16/34
Wind: 14 kt, 4 beaufort

13 kt

4 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,300
METAR GCHI 191800Z AUTO 35014KT 9999 FEW023 22/16 Q1016

METAR El Hierro Airport - GCHI/VDE

El Hierro Airport is a midsized airport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The airport is located at latitude 27.81480 and longitude -17.88710. The airport has one runway: 16/34. The ICAO airport code of this field is GCHI. The airport's IATA code is VDE. The airport is in the Canarias FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for El Hierro Airport on April 19, 2024 19:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 350° with a speed of 14 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

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

The temperature and wind chill are 22 °C. The dew point is 16 °C, the relative humidity is 69%. The air pressure at sea level is 1016 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:42 and sets at 20:39. This applies to El Hierro 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 %
16/34 152°-332° 4 kt 13 kt 31 %

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

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 22 °C
Dewpoint 16 °C
Rel. humidity 69%
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:42
Midday
14:10
Sunset
20:39 (1:08h)

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