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Grant County Regional Airport / Ogilvie Field (KGCD) Aviation Weather: METAR

As of 10:55 PM PDT, Oct 27, KGCD is currently VFR with winds from 220° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.

Live aviation weather for Grant County Regional Airport / Ogilvie Field in John Day, OR, including METAR, flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling, altimeter and runway crosswinds.

Grant County Regional Airport / Ogilvie Field (KGCD) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around John Day, OR at a field elevation of 3,702 ft. KGCD reports its own METAR, decoded live on this page as flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling and altimeter. It has 2 physical runways (09/27, 17/35), the longest 5,224 ft. The official FAA airport diagram is at the bottom of the page.

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VFR
Observed 0555Z (10:55 PM PDT)live · refreshes every 60s
Wind
220° 3 kt
Visibility
10+ sm
Ceiling
Unlimited
Altimeter
30.00"
Temp / Dew
39°F / 4°C
dew 32°F / 0°C

Wind from the southwest (220°) at 3 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 4°C (39°F), altimeter 30.00 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).

Raw METAR
METAR KGCD 280555Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 04/00 A3000 RMK AO2 T00400000 10087 20040

What changed at KGCD?

Since the 0535Z (10:35 PM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.

No significant changes since the 0535Z (10:35 PM PDT) report, conditions are holding steady.

Current pilot readout for KGCD

KGCD is currently VFR with winds from 220° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors southwest-facing runway ends (17, 27). Density altitude is approximately 3,150 ft (field elevation 3,702 ft). KGCD does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KBNO, about 49 nm away.

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Runway wind check

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

RunwayHead / TailCrosswind
17FAV2 kt head2 kt right
271 kt head3 kt left
091 kt tail3 kt right
352 kt tail2 kt left

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KGCD runways

2 physical runways · 4 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.

  • Runway 09/27
    4,100 × 60 ft · ASPH-G
    Status not monitored
    Current use
    no stated-runway source at KGCD
    Wind
    09
    1 kt tailwind · 3 kt crosswind from right
    27
    1 kt headwind · 3 kt crosswind from left
    no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →
  • Runway 17/35
    5,224 × 75 ft · ASPH-G
    Status not monitored
    Current use
    no stated-runway source at KGCD
    Wind
    17
    2 kt headwind · 2 kt crosswind from right
    35
    2 kt tailwind · 2 kt crosswind from left
    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
061206Z18Z05Z

Over the last 23 h: wind 3→3 kt, ceiling 7,500 ft → unlimited.

KGCD 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 KGCD

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

PIREP0334Z (8:34 PM PDT) · 94 NM W of KGCD · 5,000 ft MSL · E75L
Show raw report
RDM UA /OV RDM/TM 0334/FL050/TP E75L/IC NEG
RDM UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV RDMLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 0334Reported at 03:34 UTC.
FL050Altitude: 5,000 ft MSL.
TP E75LAircraft type reporting.
IC NEGIcing: none reported.
PIREP0153Z (6:53 PM PDT) · 75 NM W of KGCD · 9,000 ft MSL · E170
trc rime icing
Show raw report
RDM UA /OV DSD090030/TM 0153/FL090/TP E170/TA M06/IC TRC RIME/RM /ZSE
RDM UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV DSD090030Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 0153Reported at 01:53 UTC.
FL090Altitude: 9,000 ft MSL.
TP E170Aircraft type reporting.
TA M06Outside air temperature, °C.
IC TRC RIMEIcing: trc rime.
RM /ZSERemarks.
PIREP0105Z (6:05 PM PDT) · 78 NM N of KGCD · 38,000 ft MSL · B738
light to moderate turbulence
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PDT UA /OV PDT/TM 0105/FL380/TP B738/TB LGT-MOD/RM /ZSE
PDT UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV PDTLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 0105Reported at 01:05 UTC.
FL380Altitude: 38,000 ft MSL.
TP B738Aircraft type reporting.
TB LGT-MODTurbulence: light to moderate.
RM /ZSERemarks.

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

Recent aviation weather trends at KGCD

From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.

Over the past 24 hours, KGCD reported mostly VFR across 71 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 3,000 ft. Wind most often came from the E.

Last 24 hours
VFR 99%MVFR 1%
Wind avg/max: 4/8 kt
Max gust: -
Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft
Lowest vis: -
Prevailing wind: E
Category changes: 2

Most recent change: MVFR → VFR

Last 7 days
VFR 87%MVFR 6%IFR 3%LIFR 4%
Wind avg/max: 5/17 kt
Max gust: 22 kt
Lowest ceiling: 200 ft
Lowest vis: 1.5 sm
Prevailing wind: E
Category changes: 21

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.

09
55%
27
36%
17
6%
35
3%

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Live KGCD Weather

Live crosswind meter

Measured by KGCD's own weather station.

N17353 kt
Headwind
2 kt
Crosswind (from the right)
2 kt

Wind is 36° off runway 17, the end with the most headwind right now.

Asphalt · 5,224 ft. Headings from FAA runway data. Not for navigation.

Field aerial

North up

Aerial photo of Grant County Regional Airport / Ogilvie Field (KGCD) with runway 09/27, 17/35 marked
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Runway 09/27, 17/35 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.

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Airport info

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

Services

Fuel
100LL · Jet A
Attended
Oct-May Mon-Sat 0800-1600 local; Jun-Sep Daily 0700-1900 local
Transient parking
Tie-downs
Control tower
None
Wind indicator
Lighted

Airport

Type
General aviation airport
ICAO
KGCD
IATA
JDA
FAA LID
GCD
City
John Day
State
Oregon
Country
United States
Elevation
3,702 ft
Coordinates
44.4042, -118.9630
Runways
2 physical runways · 4 runway ends
Longest runway
5,224 ft
Weather reporting
Reports METAR
TAF
Nearest KBNO
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
Next sunset
18h 33m

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KGCD airport diagram

Official FAA taxiway and runway layout. Tap to zoom.

Official FAA airport diagram · d-TPP cycle 2611 · Not for navigation. Download the official FAA PDF ↗

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Pilot PIREPs for Grant County Regional Airport / Ogilvie Field (KGCD)

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 Grant County Regional Airport / Ogilvie Field, including runway conditions, wildlife activity, FBO/fuel notes, turbulence, ramp access, and local airport tips.

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