KGCK — Garden City Rgnl
Garden City, KS · field elevation 2,891 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KGCK current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGCK 111154Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP099 T02220128 10272 20222 55003
- Wind
- from 190° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 13 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Density altitude
- 4,389 ft · pressure altitude 2,861 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 190° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 6 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 12 | 3 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 30 | 3 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
| 35 | 6 kt tail | 1 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
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 40,000–40,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KGCK 111120Z 1112/1212 20008KT P6SM SCT150 FM112000 19015KT P6SM SCT150 FM120100 16011KT P6SM SCT200
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 37.92753, -100.72442
- Elevation
- 2,891 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1155Z / 0141Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- 5° (2025)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Wichita
- County
- Finney, KS
Airport diagram
Everything else KGCK publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 7,299 | 100 | CONC | HIGH |
| 12/30 | 5,700 | 100 | CONC | MED |
Frequencies
- Tower 0700-2100
- 118.15
- Ground
- 119.0
- CTAF
- 118.15
- UNICOM
- 122.95
Published procedures
- 9 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS), VOR/DME
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KLBL Liberal Mid-America Rgnl54 nm
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KGCK airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Kansas 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.