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// Station · 5m ago

KGCK

Garden City Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 100° / 10 kt
VIS 8.0 SM
CEILING OVC at 12,000 ft
T/Td 17.8°C / 16.1°C
ALTIM 29.97 inHg
ELEV 2,891 FT
37.9275°N / 100.7240°W
LOCATION · Garden City, US
N
WIND
100°10 kt
KGCK · 2,891 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 12Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
100°/10
 
 
 
VIS
8.0 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC120
 
 
 
LAYERS
OVC120
 
 
 
T / Td
18 / 16
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.97"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Moderate winds at 100°/10 kt, visibility 8.0 SM, overcast at 12,000 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 271254Z 10010KT 8SM OVC120 18/16 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP116 T01780161

KGCK · day 27 at 12:54 UTC · wind from 100° at 10 kt · visibility 8.0 SM · overcast at 12,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 10 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
N
WIND
100°10 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable
12 HDG 120° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,700'
17 HDG 170° H3 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends
35 HDG 350° T3 kt X9 kt RIGHT
30 HDG 300° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT
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 +8°C

3,800FT
+909 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -500 FT
5,700 4,500 3,300
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV2,891 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT2,838 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLD (Goodland Municipal Airport, Goodland, elev 3,656 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+38%
-27%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+27%
-17%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+15%
-11%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,881 FT OVC120 · CEILING KGCK ELEV · 2,891 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC120
Overcast · base 12,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
// Computed
CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,881 ft VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

11:25ZSUNRISE
18:41ZSOLAR NOON
01:57ZSUNSET
02:27ZCIVIL END
CURRENT12:59Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 57m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:27Z (13h 27m) DAY LENGTH14h 31m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE20:13Z MOONSET10:44Z FULL MOON IN4 days

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