KGCN — Grand Canyon Ntl Park
Grand Canyon, AZ · field elevation 6,609 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KGCN current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGCN 111154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01280089 10161 20122 58002 PWINO
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 13 °C / dewpoint 9 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.32 inHg
- Density altitude
- 7,408 ft · pressure altitude 6,209 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
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KGCN 111120Z 1112/1212 VRB04KT P6SM FEW100 BKN120 FM112000 26008G15KT P6SM VCTS SCT080CB BKN120 PROB30 1120/1124 VRB15G25KT 4SM -TSRA BKN060CB FM120230 VRB04KT P6SM BKN080 BKN120
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 35.95236, -112.14697
- Elevation
- 6,609 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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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
- 1244Z / 0223Z
- Tower hours
- JUN 1 - SEP 30 - 0600-2000, OCT 1 - MAY 31 0700-1900
- Magnetic variation
- 11° (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Las Vegas
- County
- Coconino, AZ
Airport diagram
Everything else KGCN publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 8,999 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.3
- Tower JUN 1 - SEP 30 - 0600-2000, OCT 1 - MAY 31 0700-1900
- 119.0
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 119.0
- UNICOM
- 122.95
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — ILS, LG, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 2 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KGCN airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Arizona 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.