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Pratermill Flight Park Airport (GA72) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds

As of 11:55 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KDNN), GA72 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 20,000 ft ceiling.

Aviation weather near Pratermill Flight Park Airport in Dalton, GA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KDNN): conditions and runway crosswinds.

Pratermill Flight Park Airport (GA72) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Dalton, GA at a field elevation of 780 ft. GA72 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KDNN, about 10 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (17/35), the longest 1,500 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KCHA.

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VFR
Observed 1555Z (11:55 AM EDT)live · refreshes every 60s

No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KDNN, 9.6 nm away.

Wind
Calm
Visibility
10+ sm
Ceiling
20,000 ft
Altimeter
30.35"
Temp / Dew
63°F / 17°C
dew 55°F / 13°C

Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, broken clouds at 20,000 ft, temperature 17°C (63°F), altimeter 30.35 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR), ceiling 20,000 ft.

Raw METAR
METAR KDNN 281555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN200 17/13 A3035 RMK AO2 T01700127

What changed at KDNN (nearest station)?

Since the 1535Z (11:35 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.

No significant changes since the 1535Z (11:35 AM EDT) report, conditions are holding steady.

Current pilot readout for GA72

Based on the nearest station (KDNN), GA72 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 20,000 ft ceiling. Density altitude is approximately 650 ft (field elevation 780 ft). GA72 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KCHA, about 18 nm away.

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Runway wind check

Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.

Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.

RunwayHead / TailCrosswind
17--
35--

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GA72 runways

1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.

  • Runway 17/35
    1,500 × 60 ft · TURF
    Status not monitored
    Current use
    no stated-runway source at GA72
    Wind
    17
    no steady wind
    35
    no steady wind
    no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →

“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.

24-hour trend

Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.

Wind (kt)Gusts (kt)Bottom strip, flight category:VFRMVFRIFRLIFRNo report
061216Z04Z15Z

Over the last 23 h: wind 0→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → 20,000 ft.

GA72 weather radar

Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.

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Radar: NOAA/NWS via IEM · Forecast: NOAA HRRR · Lightning: NOAA · Map © Stadia Maps © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap

NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.

Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of GA72

Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.

PIREP1513Z (11:13 AM EDT) · 79 NM E of GA72 · 23,000 ft MSL · A321
Show raw report
TOC UA /OV ODF/TM 1513/FL230/TP A321/TB NEG/RM ZTLFD 49
TOC UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV ODFLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1513Reported at 15:13 UTC.
FL230Altitude: 23,000 ft MSL.
TP A321Aircraft type reporting.
TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.
RM ZTLFD 49Remarks.
PIREP1511Z (11:11 AM EDT) · 79 NM E of GA72 · 30,000 ft MSL · B737
light chop turbulence
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TOC UA /OV ODF/TM 1511/FL300/TP B737/TB LGT CHOP/RM ZTLFD 50
TOC UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV ODFLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1511Reported at 15:11 UTC.
FL300Altitude: 30,000 ft MSL.
TP B737Aircraft type reporting.
TB LGT CHOPTurbulence: light chop.
RM ZTLFD 50Remarks.
PIREP1500Z (11:00 AM EDT) · 80 NM SW of GA72 · during climb · A321
continuous light to moderate chop 26,000–30,000 ft turbulence
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GAD UA /OV GAD/TM 1500/FL300/TP A321/TB CONS LGT-MOD CHOP 260-300/RM DURC ZTLFD 03
GAD UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV GADLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1500Reported at 15:00 UTC.
FL300Altitude: 30,000 ft MSL.
TP A321Aircraft type reporting.
TB CONS LGT-MOD CHOP 260-300Turbulence: continuous light to moderate chop 26,000–30,000 ft.
RM DURC ZTLFD 03Remarks.
PIREP1457Z (10:57 AM EDT) · 80 NM SW of GA72 · during climb · B737
continuous light to moderate chop 26,000–30,000 ft turbulence
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GAD UA /OV GAD/TM 1457/FL260/TP B737/TB CONS LGT-MOD CHOP 260-300/RM DURC ZTLFD 03
GAD UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV GADLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1457Reported at 14:57 UTC.
FL260Altitude: 26,000 ft MSL.
TP B737Aircraft type reporting.
TB CONS LGT-MOD CHOP 260-300Turbulence: continuous light to moderate chop 26,000–30,000 ft.
RM DURC ZTLFD 03Remarks.
PIREP1415Z (10:15 AM EDT) · 90 NM W of GA72 · 28,000 ft MSL · GLF4
continuous light chop turbulence
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MDQ UA /OV RQZ180020/TM 1415/FL280/TP GLF4/SK TOP300/TB CONS LGT CHOP/RM ZTLFD 06
MDQ UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV RQZ180020Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1415Reported at 14:15 UTC.
FL280Altitude: 28,000 ft MSL.
TP GLF4Aircraft type reporting.
SK TOP300Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
TB CONS LGT CHOPTurbulence: continuous light chop.
RM ZTLFD 06Remarks.
PIREP1225Z (8:25 AM EDT) · 83 NM NW of GA72 · 14,000 ft MSL · BE20
light to moderate chop 12,500–14,000 ft turbulence
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BNA UA /OV SYI045020/TM 1225/FL140/TP BE20/TB LGT-MOD CHOP 125-140/RM ZME 60
BNA UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV SYI045020Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1225Reported at 12:25 UTC.
FL140Altitude: 14,000 ft MSL.
TP BE20Aircraft type reporting.
TB LGT-MOD CHOP 125-140Turbulence: light to moderate chop 12,500–14,000 ft.
RM ZME 60Remarks.
PIREP1224Z (8:24 AM EDT) · 79 NM E of GA72 · 27,000 ft MSL · LJ35
occasional light chop turbulence
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TOC UA /OV ODF/TM 1224/FL270/TP LJ35/TB OCNL LGT CHOP/RM ZTLFD-50
TOC UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV ODFLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1224Reported at 12:24 UTC.
FL270Altitude: 27,000 ft MSL.
TP LJ35Aircraft type reporting.
TB OCNL LGT CHOPTurbulence: occasional light chop.
RM ZTLFD-50Remarks.
PIREP1131Z (7:31 AM EDT) · 79 NM E of GA72 · 22,000 ft MSL · B717
Show raw report
TOC UA /OV ODF/TM 1131/FL220/TP B717/TB NEG CHOP /RM ZTLFD-49
TOC UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV ODFLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1131Reported at 11:31 UTC.
FL220Altitude: 22,000 ft MSL.
TP B717Aircraft type reporting.
TB NEG CHOPTurbulence: none reported chop.
RM ZTLFD-49Remarks.

⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.

Recent aviation weather trends at GA72

From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.

Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KDNN reported mostly VFR across 69 observations, with 7 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 20,000 ft. Wind most often came from the N.

Last 24 hours
VFR 94%MVFR 4%IFR 1%
Wind avg/max: 1/5 kt
Max gust: -
Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft
Lowest vis: -
Prevailing wind: N
Category changes: 7

Most recent change: MVFR → VFR

Last 7 days
VFR 97%MVFR 2%IFR 1%LIFR 1%
Wind avg/max: 1/12 kt
Max gust: 15 kt
Lowest ceiling: 100 ft
Lowest vis: 0.5 sm
Prevailing wind: N
Category changes: 9

Most recent change: MVFR → VFR

Wind-favored runway - past 30 days

Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.

35
82%
17
18%

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Live crosswind meter

GA72 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KDNN, 9.6 nm away.

N1735wind calm / variable

Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.

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Turf · 1,500 ft. Headings from FAA runway data. Not for navigation.

Field aerial

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Aerial photo of Pratermill Flight Park Airport (GA72)
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Airport info

From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.

Services

Attended
Unattended
Control tower
None
Wind indicator
Unlighted

Airport

Type
General aviation airport
FAA LID
GA72
City
Dalton
State
Georgia
Country
United States
Elevation
780 ft
Coordinates
34.8817, -84.8897
Runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
Longest runway
1,500 ft
Weather reporting
Nearest station KDNN
TAF
Nearest KCHA
Time zone
America/New_York
Sunset in
6h 34m

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Pilot PIREPs for Pratermill Flight Park Airport (GA72)

Community-submitted

Community-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.

Read recent community-submitted pilot notes for Pratermill Flight Park Airport, including runway conditions, wildlife activity, FBO/fuel notes, turbulence, ramp access, and local airport tips.

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