El Hierro Airport

GCHI · Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

The METAR station used is 91 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 360° El Hierro Airport 16/34
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

6 kt

3 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
OVC 3,400
METAR GCLA 030200Z AUTO 36007KT 9999 OVC034 19/12 Q1019

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 Palma Airport on May 3, 2024 03:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 360° with a speed of 7 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are overcast clouds at an altitude of 3,400 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 3,400 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 19 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 64%. 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° 3 kt 6 kt 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.

Clouds

3,400 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 19 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 64%
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:27 (4:00h)
Midday
14:07
Sunset
20:47

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