Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

LGIR · Crete, Greece

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 160° Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport 9/27
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

4 kt

9 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 8,000
METAR LGIR 250420Z 16010KT 9999 SCT080 14/05 Q1007 NOSIG

METAR Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport - LGIR/HER

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is a large airport in Crete, Greece. The airport is located at latitude 35.33988 and longitude 25.17808. The airport has 2 runways: 9/27 and 12/30. The ICAO airport code of this field is LGIR. The airport's IATA code is HER. The airport is in the Athinai FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport on April 25, 2024 07:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 160° with a speed of 10 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 8,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 14 °C. The dew point is 5 °C, the relative humidity is 55%. The air pressure at sea level is 1007 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:33 and sets at 20:00. This applies to Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +3 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
9/27 095°-275° 9 kt 4 kt 91 %
12/30 126°-306° 6 kt 8 kt 56 %

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

8,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 14 °C
Dewpoint 5 °C
Rel. humidity 55%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:33
Midday
13:17
Sunset
20:00 (12:26h)

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