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// Station · 27m ago

KGNC

Gaines County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 25.1°C / 14°C
ALTIM 30.19 inHg
ELEV 3,315 FT
32.6768°N / 102.6499°W
LOCATION · Seminole, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KGNC · 3,315 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 06Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
25 / 14
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.19"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. 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 KGNC 290655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/14 A3019 RMK AO2 T02510140

KGNC · day 29 at 06:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.19" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends
08 HDG 080° CALM 5,381'
26 HDG 260° CALM 5,381'
17 HDG 170° CALM 5,002'
35 HDG 350° CALM 5,002'
Pattern altitude: 4,315 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 +16°C

5,000FT
+1,685 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV3,315 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT3,044 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMRF (Marfa Municipal Airport, Marfa, elev 4,849 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+50%
-35%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+35%
-23%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+20%
-15%

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 · 15,992 FT KGNC ELEV · 3,315 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL15,992 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:24ZSUNRISE
18:53ZSOLAR NOON
01:21ZSUNSET
01:46ZCIVIL END
CURRENT07:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:46Z (18h 23m) DAY LENGTH12h 56m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION98% MOONRISE01:24Z MOONSET14:20Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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