// Station · 22m ago

KGCK

Garden City Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 13 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25°C / 21.1°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 2,891 FT

37.9275°N / 100.7240°W

LOCATION · Garden City, US

WIND

030°13 kt

KGCK · 2,891 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/13

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

25 / 21

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 030°/13 kt. Visibility 6.0 SM and no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. 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 251554Z 03013KT 6SM HZ CLR 25/21 A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE RAB1458E14 SLP161 P0000 T02500211

KGCK · day 25 at 15:54 UTC · wind from 030° at 13 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 13 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

030°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

35★ HDG 350° H10 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,299'

12 HDG 120° H0 kt X13 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

30 HDG 300° H0 kt X13 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

17 HDG 170° T10 kt X8 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

4,500FT

+1,609 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,891 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT2,687 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K8V7 (Springfield Municipal Airport, Springfield, elev 4,390 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+45%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-20%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL15,517 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:08ZSUNRISE

18:46ZSOLAR NOON

01:24ZSUNSET

01:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:52Z (9h 35m) DAY LENGTH13h 16m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:10Z MOONSET11:27Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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