KGCK — Garden City Rgnl
Garden City, KS · field elevation 2,891 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KGCK current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGCK 252354Z 16007KT 10SM FEW009 SCT045 BKN110 19/17 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP147 60008 T01940172 10206 20183 55005
- Wind
- from 160° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 11,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 19 °C / dewpoint 17 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Density altitude
- 3,958 ft · pressure altitude 2,781 ft
- Observed
- 5 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 160° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 7 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 12 | 6 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 30 | 6 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
| 35 | 7 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KGCK 252335Z 2600/2624 14013KT P6SM VCSH FEW009 OVC100 FM260300 15008KT P6SM BKN100 FM261200 18009KT P6SM BKN100 FM261500 24010G20KT P6SM SKC
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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
- 1233Z / 0035Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- 5°E (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
- 8 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR/DME
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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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.