KGAI — Montgomery County Airpark
Gaithersburg, MD · field elevation 539 ft · NON-ATCT
1 TFR Read in the EFB →
KGAI current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGAI 111156Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 21/ A2991 RMK AO2 RAE08 SLP140 P0000 60009 70054 T0206 10211 20200 58022
- Wind
- from 000° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,343 ft · pressure altitude 549 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 000° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | 2 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 14 | 2 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
2 within 20 nm, closest 18 nm. Last image 19 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
4 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 3,000–21,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KGAI — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KGAI — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 39.16833, -77.16600
- Elevation
- 539 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1018Z / 0009Z
- Magnetic variation
- -9° (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Washington
- County
- Montgomery, MD
Everything else KGAI publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,202 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- Clearance
- 121.6
- CTAF
- 123.075
- UNICOM
- 123.075
- Approach
- 128.7
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
- 3 departures published
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KCGS College Park16 nm
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- KIAD Washington Dulles Intl19 nm
- KFME Fort Meade Exec20 nm
- KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl20 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KGAI airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Maryland airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.