El Hierro Airport

GCHI · Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

The METAR station used is 70 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of El Hierro Airport 16/34
Wind: 1 kt, 1 beaufort

1 kt

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CAVOK
METAR GCGM 030030Z AUTO VRB01KT CAVOK 18/12 Q1019 RMK R09/02003KT 350V070 ARP/02003KT 350V060

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 La Gomera Airport on May 3, 2024 01:30, local time.

Airport observations

There is little or no wind from a variable direction.

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 18 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 68%. The air pressure at sea level is 1019 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:29 and sets at 20:47. 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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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
16/34 152°-332° 47 %

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 18 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 68%
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Remarks

R09/02003KT 350V070 ARP/02003KT 350V060

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:26 (5:26h)
Midday
14:05
Sunset
20:44

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