KGVT/GVT METAR Majors Airport

Greenville, TexasElevation 535 ftSmall airport

CURRENT STATUS

VFR22 min old

No ceiling, visibility 10 SM.

FLIGHT CATEGORY

VFR

ceiling & visibility

WIND

160@8

steady

VISIBILITY

10 SM

16.1 km

CEILING

None

no BKN/OVC layer

DENSITY ALT

1,499 ft

+964 ft vs field

CURRENT METAR

Decoded observation

Observed 1815Z (1:15 PM local) · 22 min old

KGVT is currently VFR. Winds are from the south at 8 knots. Visibility is 10 statute miles. There is no ceiling.

WIND

160° at 8 kt

Steady.

VISIBILITY

10 statute miles

16.1 km, good.

CEILING & SKY

CLR

FEW and SCT layers are not ceilings.

TEMP / DEWPOINT

25°C / 5°C

77°F / 41°F. 20°C spread.

ALTIMETER

30.27 inHg

1025.1 hPa, above standard.

WEATHER & HAZARDS

No significant hazards

No precipitation or obscuration reported.

Codes in this report: AUTO CLR RMK AO2

Hover or tap any group for a plain-English explanation.

REMARKS: DECODED

AO2

automated station with a precipitation discriminator (can tell rain from snow)

T02480048

precise temperature 24.8°C, dew point 4.8°C

FAA: no delays reported at GVT.

Source: FAA System Operations (ASWS). Operational status only; verify with official FAA sources and NOTAMs.

SUGGESTED RISK · TRAINING USE

Suggested risk level: Low

›No TAF available for this airport.

A suggested risk level for training and situational awareness only, not a go/no-go authority. Verify with official sources and apply your personal minimums.

FORECAST & PILOT NOTES · SUPPLEMENTAL

Extended forecast and pilot notes

Current aviation conditions show flight category VFR, wind from 160° at 8 kt, visibility 10 SM, ceiling none. Forecast suggests this afternoon mostly sunny, high near 80F, low near 58F, 2% chance of precipitation. Key risks: thunderstorms in the forecast.

PILOT WEATHER NOTES

Thunderstorms in the forecastWeather.gov

Saturday: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms. Watch for developing convection and plan alternates.

Day	Conditions	Temp F	Wind	Gusts	Precip	Pilot note
This Afternoon	Mostly Sunny	80/58	SE 4 kt	–	2%
Tuesday	Mostly Sunny	81/58	SSE 9 kt	–	5%
Wednesday	Sunny	84/62	SSE 9 kt	–	3%
Thursday	Mostly Sunny	82/62	S 9 kt	–	2%
Friday	Chance Rain Showers	75/59	ESE 4 kt	–	38%
Saturday	Chance Showers And Thunderstorms	77/60	SSE 4 kt	–	39%	Thunderstorms in the forecast
Sunday	Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers	82/63	S 9 kt	–	18%

Source: National Weather Service (office FWD). Forecast issued 1836Z.

Radar

Radar data: NOAA/NWS MRMS composite reflectivity. For situational awareness only, not a substitute for an official weather briefing.

OUR HEADSET PICK · NOT SPONSORED

David Clark DC ONE-X

Not sponsored, just the headset we'd buy ourselves: the DC ONE-X, with hybrid noise canceling, Bluetooth, and 30+ hour battery. And David Clark's A+ customer service is the real reason we recommend them.

Visit David Clark

RUNWAYS & WIND

1 runway · crosswind ranking

ON-FIELD METAR

READING THE BARB · SWIPE FOR MORE →

Calm

5 kt

10 kt

15 kt

20 kt

25 kt

30 kt

35 kt

40 kt

45 kt

50 kt

65 kt

75 kt

100 kt

105 kt

Half feather = 5 kt, full = 10 kt, filled pennant = 50 kt; add them up. The staff points the direction the wind blows from.

WIND USED

160° at 8 kt

Components computed from the current on-field METAR wind.

RECOMMENDED

RWY 177 kt headwind · 3 kt crosswind

RUNWAYS BY WIND · best end

HEAD

7 kt

CROSS

3 kt L

BEST

HEAD

7 kt tail

CROSS

3 kt R

Components are estimates from the current METAR wind and runway heading. Verify with the Chart Supplement and NOTAMs.

RUNWAYS

Runway detail & declared distances

1 runway · longest 8,030 ft

17/35

Dimensions

8,030 x 150 ft

Surface

Asphalt (good)

Edge lights

MED

RWY 17181°T

ILSILS/DME

Approach lightsMALS

VGSIPAPI (P4L)

Traffic patternLeft

RWY 351°T

REILYes

VGSIPAPI (P4L)

Traffic patternLeft

Runway data from the FAA NASR dataset (effective 2026-06-11). Verify with the current Chart Supplement and NOTAMs.

FIELD CONDITIONS

Performance & density altitude

Density altitude

1,499 ft

Pressure altitude

185 ft

Field elevation

535 ft MSL

Temperature

25°C (77°F)

Dewpoint

5°C (41°F)

Altimeter

30.27 inHg

Density altitude estimates how the aircraft performs versus standard atmosphere. Higher density altitude reduces climb performance and increases takeoff distance.

DAYLIGHT & NIGHT

Sun & logging windows

Sunset

2338Z 6:38 PM

Sunrise

1238Z 7:38 AM

Loggable night

0004Z (7:04 PM local) → 1212Z (7:12 AM local)

end of evening to start of morning civil twilight

Position lights required

2338Z (6:38 PM local) → 1238Z (7:38 AM local)

sunset to sunrise (91.209)

Night passenger currency

0038Z (7:38 PM local) → 1138Z (6:38 AM local)

1 hr after sunset to 1 hr before sunrise (61.57(b))

FAA definitions, shown in Zulu with airport-local time. Verify for your operation.

AIRPORT INFORMATION

Facility & services

Majors Airport is in Greenville, Texas. Field elevation 535 ft MSL. Airport facts are drawn from OurAirports and the FAA NASR dataset.

OPERATIONS & CONTACT

OwnershipPublicly owned

UseOpen to the public

TypeSmall airport

ManagerTY HELTON

Manager phone903-457-3168

AttendedALL SUN-THU, 0730–1700

CHARTS & AIRSPACE

ICAO / IATAKGVT / GVT

SectionalDALLAS-FT WORTH

Center (ARTCC)FORT WORTH

Flight service (AFSS)FORT WORTH

RegionTexas

CountryUnited States

Coordinates33.0678, -96.0653

Distance from city4 NM SE

SERVICES & LIGHTING

Fuel100LL · Jet A

Control towerTowered

Field lightingSee remarks

BeaconSunset to sunrise · White-green (lighted land airport)

CTAF118.650

UNICOM122.950

FREQUENCIES

Communications

133.425

AWOS 3

AWOS

132.85

FORT WORTH CNTR

CNTR

118.65

CTAF

121.7

GND

34.96

AFMCLO FLT

OPS

118.65

TWR

122.95

UNICOM

UNIC

122.950

UNICOM

Not all tower/ground/approach frequencies are in our datasets. Verify with the FAA Chart Supplement.

AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY

KGVT traffic patterns

2026-06-14 to 2026-10-25, 60 days observed · data 2026-10-25

Medium confidence

TRAFFIC VOLUME (30-DAY)

AVG LANDINGS/DAY

6.3

AVG OPS/DAY

Operations trend (12 days)

Busiest day: Wed · Busiest month: Oct

FLEET MIX

Piston single 54%Jet 9%Unknown 8%Airliner 8%Turboprop 6%Twin 6%Helicopter 5%Other 4%

Mostly small piston aircraft.

TOP AIRCRAFT TYPES

›C172 (Piston single) · ~21 landings/mo

›BE23 (Piston single) · ~9 landings/mo

›UNKN (Unknown) · ~8 landings/mo

›P28A (Piston single) · ~7 landings/mo

›B752 (Airliner) · ~7 landings/mo

LIKELY BASED AIRCRAFT

Low-confidence estimate

Aircraft likely based near this airport (estimate), mostly single-engine piston aircraft.

›C172 (Piston single)

›P28A (Piston single)

›B06 (Helicopter)

›UNKN (Unknown)

›BE58 (Twin)

This is an estimate based on repeated flight patterns, not registration data. Do not rely on it to identify specific aircraft or owners.

Data limitations (4)

›ADS-B coverage is incomplete; counts are an observed lower bound, not official totals.

›Some aircraft do not transmit usable ADS-B and are not counted.

›Aircraft types and based estimates are inferred and may be wrong.

›This is not official ATC, FAA, or airport data.

NEARBY AIRPORTS

Weather reference stations

Current flight category at nearby reporting stations.

KSLR Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport

23 NM E

VFR

KTRL Terrell Municipal Airport

24 NM SW

VFR

KADS Addison Airport

39 NM W

VFR

KDAL Dallas Love Field

42 NM W

VFR

KPRX Cox Field

46 NM NE

VFR

KRBD Dallas Executive Airport

47 NM SW

VFR

AIRPORT REMARKS

Operational remarks

›89 FT HIGH INTSTY RADIO FREQ ANT 3,700 FT EAST OF RWY 35 AT END OF TXY K.

›NMRS MIL ACFT ON FLD FOR MODIFICATION.

›ACTVT MALS RWY 17; REIL RWY 35; MIRL RWY 17/35 - CTAF.

›100LL SELF SVC AVBL 24 HRS.

›10 FT RD. 0-145- DSTC

›CTLG OBSTN EXCEEDS A 45 DEG SLP. OBSTN TALLER THAN OBSTN LGT.

›THELTON@CI.GREENVILLE.TX.US ALT PHONE 214-960-9294

›WHEN ATCT CLSD, FOR CD CTC FORT WORTH ARTCC AT 817-858-7584.

›PPR FOR PAJA ONTO MAJORS FLD.

›WHEN ATCT CLSD AND THERE IS AN EMERG OR INCIDENT ON ARPT, CTC 903-457-5333.

›ACFT NOT VSB FM OPPOSITE END OF RWY.

›MILITARY USE: JASU - 1(B-10) 1(B-10A) 1(MD-3) 1(MA-1) 1(MA-3).

›TWY E LGTS 47 FT FM PAVEMENT EDGE.

OFFICIAL LINKS & SOURCES

↗Official METAR on AviationWeather.gov

↗Search NOTAMs (official FAA NOTAM Search)

↗Wikipedia

↗KGVT on OurAirports

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Does KGVT have a METAR?

Yes. KGVT has a current METAR observation, decoded into plain English on this page.

Does KGVT have a TAF?

When KGVT issues a TAF, its decoded forecast timeline loads live on this page; otherwise use the nearest TAF-issuing field as a planning reference.

What is the field elevation at KGVT?

KGVT sits at 535 ft MSL, which factors into the density-altitude estimate on this page.

Is this an official preflight weather briefing for KGVT?

No. wxdecoder.com is for education and situational awareness only. It is not an official weather briefing or a substitute for official sources, NOTAM review, and pilot judgment.

This app is for aviation weather education, training, and situational awareness only. It is not a substitute for an official weather briefing, approved flight-planning software, flight service, dispatch procedures, current FAA regulations, or pilot judgment. Always verify weather with official sources before flight.