// Station · 1h 1m ago · STALE

KGCK

Garden City Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.9°C / 12.2°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 2,891 FT

37.9275°N / 100.7240°W

LOCATION · Garden City, US

WIND

200°8 kt

KGCK · 2,891 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW090

T / Td

24 / 12

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 200°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 9,000 ft. 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 130054Z 20008KT 10SM FEW090 24/12 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP059 T02390122

KGCK · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 200° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 9,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1005.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H7 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,299'

12 HDG 120° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T7 kt X4 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 +15°C

4,800FT

+1,909 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,891 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT3,009 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPUB (Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, elev 4,726 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+48%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW090

Few · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,962 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:49ZSUNRISE

18:30ZSOLAR NOON

00:11ZSUNSET

00:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:37Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 21m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:12Z MOONSET01:34Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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