KGTB — Wheeler-Sack AAF
Fort Drum, NY · field elevation 690 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-A/C
KGTB current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGTB 111155Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02070177 10212 20174 53012 $
- Wind
- from 240° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 18 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,566 ft · pressure altitude 720 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
Weather cameras
3 within 20 nm, closest 14 nm. Last image 28 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 KGTB 110900Z 1109/1215 VRB06KT 9999 FEW080 QNH2985INS BECMG 1116/1117 30009G18KT 9999 SCT120 QNH2986INS BECMG 1121/1122 28009KT 9999 FEW120 QNH2982INS BECMG 1201/1202 VRB06KT 9999 SCT080 BKN100 QNH2980INS BECMG 1205/1206 VRB06KT 9999 FEW120 QNH2978INS TX26/1119Z TN15/1209Z
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 44.05561, -75.71989
- Elevation
- 690 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
- 1002Z / 0013Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- -13° (1990)
- Sectional
- Montreal
- County
- Jefferson, NY
Airport diagram
Everything else KGTB publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 10,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 15/33 | 5,002 | 144 | CONC | HIGH |
| 08/26 | 4,501 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | LOW |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 119.525
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 118.75
- Ground
- 123.45
- Clearance
- 123.65
- Approach
- 124.875
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — LD
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KART Watertown Intl13 nm
- KOGS Ogdensburg Intl39 nm
- KPTD Potsdam Muni/Damon Fld50 nm
- KRME Griffiss Intl51 nm
- KFZY Oswego County51 nm
- KSYR Syracuse Hancock Intl59 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KGTB airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other New York airports
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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.