Garden City Regional
GCK · KGCK · Garden City, Kansas · Finney County · map
Garden City Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Garden City, 8 miles southeast of Garden City, Kansas, 2,891 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 7,299 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 70 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 14,862 takeoffs and landings a year. About 29,465 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Garden City Regional?
Its FAA code is GCK, and its ICAO code is KGCK.
Where is Garden City Regional?
It is 8 miles southeast of Garden City, Kansas, 2,891 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Garden City Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 7,299 feet long.
Does Garden City Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Garden City Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Garden City Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Dallas-Fort Worth International, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, Denver International, Garden City Regional, City Of Colorado Springs Municipal. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Garden City Regional?
1 pilot examiner and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Garden City Regional…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GCK · ICAO KGCK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Garden City
- Elevation
- 2,891 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 7,299 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 5,700 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 35: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.15 | Garden City |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 119.0 | Garden City |
| Gck and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.325 | |
| Garden City Rco | 122.2 | Garden City |
| Garden City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.2 | Garden City |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 620-275-0803.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Scott City Municipal (34 nm north), Ulysses Airport (36 nm southwest), Dodge City Regional (37 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Runway 35 designated the calm wind runway.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35; runway end identifier lights runways 17; 12; 30 and approach lights (MALSR) runway 35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 12 and 30 and VASI runways 17 and 35 on 24 hours.
- Air carrier operations are not authorized in excess of 15 minutes before or after scheduled arrival/departure times without prior coordination with amgr and confirmation that rescue and firefighting (ARFF) is available prior to ldng or takeoff.
- The control tower blind spot on the north taxiway a hold bay.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 978 departures from GCK in those twelve months, carrying 35,296 passengers in 51,160 seats (69% filled), to 17 destinations on 5 airlines.
All 17 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 58 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 14,862, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 771 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,865 |
| general aviation, travelling | 7,644 |
| general aviation, local | 1,906 |
| military | 1,676 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Garden City from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Garden City, Kansas: 28 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 5 drones, 4 piston twins, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Garden City, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Christina Genova private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Crotts Aircraft · Dodge City, KS (37 nm) · (719) 240-1942 · [email protected]
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Garden City 44 aircraft · 28 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 5 drones
- Ksa Cattle CO LLC 3 aircraft in town
- AG Solutions LLC 2 aircraft in town
- A+ Aviation Services LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Hangar 46 LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 705 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl (ICT) 241 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Denver International (DEN) 12 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc.
- Garden City Regional (GCK) 5 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- City Of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Laughlin/Bullhead International (IFP) 2 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Abilene Regional (ABI) 1 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air
- Waco Regional (ACT) 1 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,146 since 1982 · 149 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kansas 150 landing places
- Kansas 5,738 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GCK.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.