El Hierro Airport

GCHI · Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

The METAR station used is 132 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 080° El Hierro Airport 16/34
Wind: 19 kt, 5 beaufort

6 kt

18 kt
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FEW 4,000
METAR GCTS 021530Z 08019KT 050V120 9999 FEW040 24/13 Q1017 NOSIG

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 Tenerife Sur Airport on May 2, 2024 16:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 080° with a speed of 19 kt. The wind direction varies between 050° and 120°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 4,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 24 °C. The dew point is 13 °C, the relative humidity is 50%. The air pressure at sea level is 1017 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:30 and sets at 20:46. 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° 18 kt 6 kt 95 %

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

4,000 ft FEW Few clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 24 °C
Dewpoint 13 °C
Rel. humidity 50%
Kp-index 5 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:24
Midday
14:03
Sunset
20:41 (3:35h)

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