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 based aircraft. 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.
Weather right now KGCK · observed 4:54 pm CDT (21:54 UTC), 58 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 5:00 am CDT (10:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGCK 062154Z 22008KT 10SM SKC 30/11 A2995
TAF KGCK 061720Z 0618/0718 22012KT P6SM SKC FM070000 19006KT P6SM FEW250 FM071000 31005KT P6SM FEW250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 14,862, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.