GCK Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Garden City Regional Airport, Garden City, KS · KGCK

Current weather at Garden City Regional Airport in Garden City, KS (IATA GCK, ICAO KGCK): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 360° at 12 kt. Below are the latest METAR and TAF from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, decoded into plain English, and the headwind and crosswind on each runway.

GCK airport info GCK NOTAMs

Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 12:54Z on Nov 5, 35 minutes ago

Wind: from the north (360° true) at 12 knots.
Visibility: 10 miles or more.
Weather: light rain.
Clouds: broken clouds at 4,700 ft, overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 4,700 ft above the ground.
Temperature: 7°C (44°F), dew point 4°C (39°F).
Altimeter: 30.03 inHg (1017 hPa).

METAR KGCK 051254Z AUTO 36012KT 10SM -RA BKN047 OVC055 07/04 A3003 RMK AO2 RAE22B46 SLP163 P0000 T00670039

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 360° at 12 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked, among runways at least half as long as the longest.

Runway	Heading (true)	Headwind	Crosswind	Length
12	136°	Tailwind 9 kt	8 kt from the left	5,700 ft
30	316°	9 kt	8 kt from the right	5,700 ft
17	180°	Tailwind 12 kt	0 kt	7,299 ft
35 Most headwind	360°	12 kt	0 kt	7,299 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Nov 5 11:20Z, valid Nov 5 12:00Z to Nov 6 12:00Z

TAF KGCK 051120Z 0512/0612 03014G23KT 6SM -SHRA BR BKN060 OVC080 FM051400 35009KT P6SM BKN060 PROB30 0514/0518 4SM -SHRA OVC040 FM052000 01009KT P6SM BKN090 FM060700 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250

Nov 5 12:00Z to 14:00Z
Wind 030° at 14 kt, gusting 23 kt; visibility 6 miles; light rain showers, mist; broken clouds at 6,000 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft.
From Nov 5 14:00Z (until 20:00Z)
Wind 350° at 9 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 6,000 ft.
30% chance, Nov 5 14:00Z to 18:00Z
Visibility 4 miles; light rain showers; overcast at 4,000 ft.
From Nov 5 20:00Z (until Nov 6 07:00Z)
Wind 010° at 9 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 9,000 ft.
From Nov 6 07:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind variable at 3 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; few clouds at 25,000 ft.

Airport diagram

Official FAA PDF (effective Oct 29 to Nov 26)

FAA airport diagram, cycle 2611, effective Oct 29 to Nov 26, 2026. Reference only, not for navigation.

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Times are UTC (Z); the time after a slash is the local time at the airport. Weather and runway data come from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov) and are refreshed here every few minutes; the plain-English summaries are generated by cwsi.net and may simplify, so the raw METAR and TAF are authoritative. Runway headings are true, worked out from NOAA's runway alignment. cwsi.net is not affiliated with NOAA or the FAA: get an official weather briefing before flight.