KGPI — Glacier Park Intl
Kalispell, MT · field elevation 2,977 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KGPI current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGPI 252255Z 24013KT 10SM OVC075 14/03 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP129 T01440033 $
- Wind
- from 240° at 13 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 7,500 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 3 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Density altitude
- 3,618 ft · pressure altitude 2,987 ft
- Observed
- 63 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 240° at 13 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 12 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 30 | 3 kt head | 13 kt from the left |
| 12 | 3 kt tail | 13 kt from the right |
| 02 | 12 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
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
Weather cameras
10 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 5 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
4 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 13,000–43,000 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 KGPI 252326Z 2600/2624 25015G25KT P6SM VCSH BKN080 PROB30 2600/2601 6SM -SHRA BR BKN060 FM260300 21013G20KT P6SM BKN030 OVC060 FM261700 24008G16KT P6SM SCT100
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 48.31050, -114.25600
- Elevation
- 2,977 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
- 1328Z / 0128Z
- Tower hours
- 0800-0000
- Magnetic variation
- 15°E (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Great Falls
- County
- Flathead, MT
Airport diagram
Everything else KGPI publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 9,007 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 12/30 | 3,510 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 132.625
- Tower 0800-0000
- 124.55
- Ground
- 121.6
- CTAF
- 124.55
- UNICOM
- 122.95
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP), VOR/DME
- 2 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KGPI airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Montana 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.