METAR Information for KGBN in Gila Bend U. S. Army Airfield, AZ, United States (site inactive)

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The location information for this site was gathered from 8 data sources. The possible locations for this site are up to 31.5 miles away. This makes it possible that the location chosen is incorrect. The source which most closely matches the consensus is chosen. Many of these sources only report the location to the nearest minute (or hundredth of degree). This can lead to the marker being placed noticeably incorrectly. Please see Discussion of Location Errors for more information. Show location history.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2007-11-28	32.8875	-112.7199	262	Gila Bend (aaf), US
2007-11-29	32.8875	-112.7199	262	Gila Bend (aaf), AZ
2007-12-03	32.8875	-112.7200	262	Gila Bend (aaf), AZ
2009-01-29	32.8875	-112.7200	260	Gila Bend (aaf), AZ, United States
2009-04-17	32.8875	-112.7200	262	Gila Bend (aaf), AZ, United States
2009-07-17	32.8880	-112.7200	261	Gila Bend (aaf), AZ, United States
2009-10-02	32.8875	-112.7200	261	Gila Bend (aaf), AZ, United States
2009-10-14	32.8875	-112.7200	261	Gila Bend (aaf), US
2009-10-16	32.8875	-112.7200	261	Gila Bend Af Aux Airport, United States of America
2010-06-01	32.8875	-112.7200	261	Gila Bend/AAF (1960s), United States of America
2010-06-08	32.8875	-112.7200	261	Gila Bend Af Aux Airport, United States of America
2010-08-29	32.8875	-112.7200	262	Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, AZ, United States, United States of America
2010-09-01	32.8875	-112.7199	262	Gila Bend Gila Bend AF Aux \| Gila Bend AAF, AZ, United States of America
2010-10-01	32.8875	-112.7200	261	Gila Bend Gila Bend AF Aux \| Gila Bend AAF, AZ, United States of America
2010-10-22	32.8875	-112.7200	262	Gila Bend Gila Bend AF Aux \| Gila Bend AAF, AZ, United States of America
2011-03-29	32.8875	-112.7199	262	Gila Bend AF Aux, AZ, United States of America
2011-03-30	32.8875	-112.7200	262	Gila Bend Af Aux Airport, United States of America
2011-04-18	32.8875	-112.7200	262	Gila Bend U. S. Army Airfield, AZ, United States

Source	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Place	Miles	Map
OurAirports	32.8875	-112.7200	269	Gila Bend Af Aux Airport, United States of America [KGBN]	0.0	Center
Master Location Identifier DB	32.8875	-112.7199	261	Gila Bend AF Aux, AZ, United States of America [KGBN]	0.0	Center	Include
DAFIF ARPT	32.8875	-112.7200	261	Gila Bend Af Aux [KGBN]	0.0	Center	Include
ISH	32.8800	-112.7200	257	Gila Bend Af Aux Airport, AZ, United States Of America [KGBN]	0.3	Center	Include
Mesowest	32.8800	-112.7200	262	Gila Bend AAF, AZ [KGBN]	0.5	Center	Include
NCEP	32.8800	-112.7200	262	Gila Bend (aaf), AZ [KGBN]	0.5	Center	Include
METARTable	32.8800	-112.7200	262	Gila Bend (aaf), AZ, United States [KGBN]	0.5	Center	Include
NSD	32.4300	-112.6800	262	Gila Bend U. S. Army Airfield, AZ, United States [KGBN]	31.5	Center	Include

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Longitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)

There are no photographs of the station. If you have pictures of this location, then please email them to kgbn@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

Picture Submission

There are two ways to submit pictures. If you are a flickr user, then see the flickr section below. Otherwise you can simply email the pictures as follows:

Email the pictures to kgbn@photo.gladstonefamily.net.
If you use a smartphone that embeds the GPS coordinates in the pictures, then you can send any picture of a weather station to gps@photo.gladstonefamily.net and it will be associated with the correct station automatically.

Flickr Upload

Uploading picktures to flickr.com is easy. If you do not have a free flickr account, then you need to create one. Just go to flickr and click the 'Create your account' button. You can use a google account if you have one.

Once logged in, click on 'Upload Photos & Video'. Next click on 'Choose Photos and Videos', and walk through the process to upload your pictures. They will automatically be resized appropriately.

After the upload is complete, it will ask you to add titles, tags and descriptions. The key step is to add tags as follows:

wxtagged -- this indicates that this picture is of a weather station or surrounding area
wx:metar=kgbn -- this indicates the site of which this is a picture
wxstation -- add this tag if the picture includes the weather station.

If you had to create your account, then you must upload at least five pictures. It will also take longer for your pictures to appear (a week or so). Otherwise, the pictures should appear after 24-48 hours.

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Location Formats

Resources

Site	Distance		Location
EW3310	36.3 miles	South	Ajo, AZ, US (lat 32.3765°, long -112.8625°, altitude 531 metres) (data present)
CW0958	40.1 miles	North	El Paso, TX, US (lat 33.4482°, long -112.5417°, altitude 345 metres) (data present)
KG5EO	42.2 miles	East	MARICOPA, AZ, US (lat 33.0497°, long -112.0195°, altitude 361 metres) (data present)
CW1466	43.6 miles	Northeast	Goodyear, AZ, US (lat 33.4588°, long -112.4028°, altitude 307 metres) (data present)
FW6041	43.7 miles	North	Litchfield Park, AZ, US (lat 33.4847°, long -112.4753°, altitude 344 metres) (data present)
FW0860	45.2 miles	Northeast	Tolleson, AZ, US (lat 33.4180°, long -112.2638°, altitude 301 metres) (data present)
EW9309	46.0 miles	Northeast	Laveen, AZ, US (lat 33.3717°, long -112.1765°, altitude 312 metres) (data present)
DW4267	48.6 miles	Northeast	Phoenix, AZ, US (lat 33.3135°, long -112.0528°, altitude 415 metres) (data present)
FW8054	51.7 miles	Northeast	Phoenix, AZ, US (lat 33.3168°, long -111.9887°, altitude 392 metres) (data present)
FW9427	52.6 miles	Northeast	Phoenix, AZ, US (lat 33.3980°, long -112.0465°, altitude 338 metres) (data present)

CWOP Siting Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Another CWOP Guide (PDF): This is another guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

APRS WX Message format: This describes the actual format of the messages transmitted that carry WX information.

WXQC Mailing List: This is a mailing list where data quality issues are discussed. Assistance with software configuration can often be found here.

Topo Map Reading Guide: How to read USGS topographic maps, with a good section on reading contours.

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