TAF Geilenkirchen Air Base

Geilenkirchen Air Base is a midsized airport in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The airport is located at latitude 50.96085 and longitude 6.04175. The airport has one runway: 9/27. The ICAO airport code of this field is ETNG. The airport's IATA code is GKE. The airport is in the Amsterdam FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Eindhoven Airport on May 1, 2024 19:28, local time. Valid from May 1, 2024 20:00 to May 3, 2024 02:00, local time.

Forecast

• Between wednesday 20:00 and friday 02:00

  • Wind: The wind is from direction 040° with a speed of 8 kt.
  • CAVOK: 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.

• Temporarily between wednesday 20:00 and 23:00 (30% chance)

  • Wind: Little or no wind from a variable direction. Wind gusts expected of 25 kt.
  • Visibility: 3 km
  • Weather: Thunderstorms rain hail
  • Clouds: scattered clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 7,000 ft.

• Becomes between thursday 06:00 and 08:00

  • Wind: The wind is from direction 240° with a speed of 5 kt.

• Becomes between thursday 14:00 and 16:00

  • Wind: The wind is from direction 280° with a speed of 10 kt.

• Temporarily between thursday 15:00 and friday 00:00

  • Wind: The wind is from direction 300° with a speed of 15 kt. Wind gusts expected of 25 kt.
  • Visibility: 2.5 km
  • Weather: Showers rain, thunderstorms rain hail
  • Clouds: scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,500 ft and scattered clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 3,000 ft.

• Becomes between thursday 22:00 and friday 00:00

  • Wind: The wind is from direction 230° with a speed of 10 kt.
  • Clouds: scattered clouds at an altitude of 800 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 1,200 ft.

• Temporarily between thursday 23:00 and friday 02:00

  • Visibility: 4 km
  • Weather: Rain
  • Clouds: scattered clouds at an altitude of 400 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 800 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:08 and sets at 20:57. This applies to Geilenkirchen Air Base, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.