KGAO — South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr
Galliano, LA · field elevation 0 ft · NON-ATCT
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KGAO current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGAO 111155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3013 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND S 70014 T02440229 10259 20235
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Density altitude
- 857 ft · pressure altitude -210 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 36,000–39,000 ft.
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Forecast
No TAF is issued for KGAO — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KGAO — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 29.44111, -90.26111
- Elevation
- 0 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1127Z / 0045Z
- Magnetic variation
- 2° (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- New Orleans
- County
- Lafourche, LA
Everything else KGAO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,500 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
| H1 | 60 | 60 | CONC | — |
Frequencies
- Clearance
- 120.85
- CTAF
- 123.0
- UNICOM
- 123.0
- Approach
- 120.85
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KHUM Houma-Terrebonne22 nm
- KNBG New Orleans NAS Jrb (Alvin Callender Fld)26 nm
- KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl33 nm
- KNEW Lakefront38 nm
- KAPS Port Of South Louisiana Exec Rgnl42 nm
- KREG Louisiana Rgnl56 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KGAO airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Louisiana 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.