KGCN — Grand Canyon Ntl Park
Grand Canyon, AZ · field elevation 6,609 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KGCN current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGCN 100154Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/01 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP258 T00390011
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 4 °C / dewpoint 1 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.31 inHg
- Density altitude
- 6,363 ft · pressure altitude 6,219 ft
- Observed
- 46 minutes ago
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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 092320Z 1000/1024 VRB06KT P6SM SKC
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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
- 1400Z / 0024Z
- Tower hours
- JUN 1 - SEP 30 - 0600-2000, OCT 1 - MAY 31 0700-1900
- Magnetic variation
- 11°E (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
- 3 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 2 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
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- 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.