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// KGCK · Garden City Regional Airport · Garden City

// Station · 34m ago

KGCK

Garden City Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 210° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 22.8°C / 12.2°C
ALTIM 29.81 inHg
ELEV 2,891 FT
37.9275°N / 100.7240°W
LOCATION · Garden City, US
N
WIND
210°5 kt
KGCK · 2,891 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 01Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
210°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
23 / 12
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.81"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/5 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 KGCK 130154Z 21005KT 10SM CLR 23/12 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP064 T02280122

KGCK · day 13 at 01:54 UTC · wind from 210° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 5 kt
3 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
210°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable
17★ HDG 170° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,299'
12 HDG 120° H0 kt X5 kt RIGHT 5,700'
30 HDG 300° H0 kt X5 kt LEFT 5,700'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
35 HDG 350° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —
Pattern altitude: 3,891 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 +14°C

4,600FT
+1,709 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV2,891 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT2,998 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KFMM (Fort Morgan Municipal Airport, Fort Morgan, elev 4,569 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+46%
-32%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+32%
-21%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+18%
-14%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 14,406 FT KGCK ELEV · 2,891 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,406 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:49ZSUNRISE
18:30ZSOLAR NOON
00:11ZSUNSET
00:37ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:37Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 21m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:13Z MOONSET01:35Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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