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KGRF — Gray AAF (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord)
Fort Lewis/Tacoma, WA · field elevation 301 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KGRF current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGRF 111055Z 24003KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3008 RMK AO2A SLP189 T01360120 $
- Wind
- from 240° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 12 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.08 inHg
- Density altitude
- 8 ft · pressure altitude 141 ft
- Observed
- 80 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
8 within 20 nm, closest 11 nm. Last image 26 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KGRF 110500Z 1105/1211 23004KT 9999 FEW040 QNH3005INS BECMG 1111/1112 22003KT 9999 SCT013 QNH3008INS BECMG 1113/1114 22003KT 8000 BR OVC007 QNH3011INS BECMG 1117/1118 23003KT 8000 BR BKN015 OVC024 QNH3013INS BECMG 1120/1121 25005KT 9999 NSW FEW026 QNH3012INS BECMG 1207/1208 24006KT 9999 SCT013 BKN023 QNH3006INS BECMG 1210/1211 22003KT 8000 BR OVC009 QNH3005INS TX25/1201Z TN12/1112Z
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 47.07922, -122.58078
- Elevation
- 301 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
- 1302Z / 0328Z
- Tower hours
- OPR H24 MON-FRI, CLSD WKENDS & HOLS.
- Magnetic variation
- 16° (2015)
- Fuel
- A++
- Sectional
- Seattle
- County
- Pierce, WA
Airport diagram
Everything else KGRF publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 6,124 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| H2 | 100 | 100 | ASPH-CONC | — |
| H3 | 100 | 100 | ASPH-CONC | — |
| H4 | 100 | 100 | ASPH-CONC | — |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.65
- Tower OPR H24 MON-FRI, CLSD WKENDS & HOLS.
- 119.325
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 119.325
- Approach
- 120.1
Published procedures
- 1 approach — LD
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KTCM Mcchord Fld (Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord)6 nm
- KTIW Tacoma Narrows11 nm
- KPLU Pierce County/Thun Fld12 nm
- KOLM Olympia Rgnl15 nm
- KSEA Seattle-Tacoma Intl25 nm
- KSHN Sanderson Fld25 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KGRF airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Washington airports
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- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
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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.