El Hierro Airport

GCHI · Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

The METAR station used is 169 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 360° El Hierro Airport 16/34
Wind: 11 kt, 4 beaufort

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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,100
METAR GCXO 021730Z 36011KT 320V030 9999 FEW021 17/10 Q1019 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 Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport on May 2, 2024 18:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 360° with a speed of 11 kt. The wind direction varies between 320° and 030°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,100 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 17 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 64%. The air pressure at sea level is 1019 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° 5 kt 10 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

2,100 ft FEW Few clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 17 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 64%
Kp-index 7 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:23
Midday
14:02
Sunset
20:41 (1:35h)

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