// Station · 23m ago

KGBD

Great Bend Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 31.7°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

ELEV 1,887 FT

38.3443°N / 98.8592°W

LOCATION · Great Bend, US

WIND

150°8 kt

KGBD · 1,887 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

32 / 17

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 150°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KGBD 290056Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM CLR 32/17 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP136 T03170172 $

KGBD · day 29 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 150° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 32°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

150°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,852'

11 HDG 110° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,706'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

29 HDG 290° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,887 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +20°C

4,200FT

+2,313 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,887 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT1,813 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KITR (Kit Carson County Airport, Burlington, elev 4,219 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+42%

-29%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+29%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL17,897 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:02ZSUNRISE

18:38ZSOLAR NOON

01:13ZSUNSET

01:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:40Z (21m) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:49Z MOONSET14:00Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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