Garden City Regional Airport

Garden City Regional Airport
Garden City Regional Airport
	IATA: GCK; ICAO: KGCK; FAA LID: GCK;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Garden City
Serves	Southwest Kansas
Location	Pierceville Township, Finney County
Elevation AMSL	2,891 ft / 881 m
Coordinates	37°55′39″N100°43′28″W / 37.92750°N 100.72444°W
Website	www.fly2gck.com
Maps
	; FAA airport diagram as of January 2021
	GCK GCK
Runways
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2020)
Aircraft operations (2020)	15,003
Based aircraft (2021)	62
Departing passengers (12 months ending September 2021)	24,430
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Last updated February 15, 2024

Garden City Regional Airport( IATA : GCK, ICAO : KGCK, FAA LID : GCK) is nine miles southeast of Garden City, in Finney County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It sees one scheduled airline, subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $2,919,026 (per year).^[2]

History

During World War II the United States Army Air Forces used Garden City Airport as a training airfield by the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center. The facility was called Garden City Army Airfield.

The main Garden City Army Airfield and its auxiliaries closed in November 1945 and were declared excess by the military on 18 May 1947. Civil authorities developed the main airfield into Garden City Regional Airport.

Continental DC-3s landed at GCK from about 1946 until replaced by Central in 1961; successor Frontier's Convairs left in 1977. Earlier, Continental had landed at the old municipal airport three miles east of town.

Garden City Regional Airport's status as former Garden City AAF made it important during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. When orders were dispatched to ground all domestic flights, three large jets were told to land at GCRA, the closest airport large enough for them. The airport had no stairs for large airliners and the passengers had to be evacuated by Garden City Fire Department ladder trucks.^[3]

In December 2011 the EAS program awarded American Eagle Airlines two daily non-stop flights to Dallas-Fort Worth. Flights began on April 3, 2012 with 44-seat and 50-seat Embraer ERJ family regional jets. American Eagle service was upgraded on November 30, 2022 with 65-seat Bombardier CRJ700 series regional jets operated by SkyWest Airlines.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,848 acres (748 ha) at an elevation of 2,891 feet (881 m). It has two concrete runways: 17/35 is 7,299 by 100 feet (2,225 x 30 m) and 12/30 is 5,700 by 100 feet (1,737 x 30 m).^[1]

In the year ending June 30, 2020 the airport had 15,003 aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day: 79% general aviation, 20% air taxi and 1% military. In December 2021, 62 aircraft were based at this airport: 53 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 4 jet.^[1]

Airline and destination

Airlines	Destinations
American Eagle	Dallas/Fort Worth

Destinations map
Garden City Dallas/Fort Worth class=notpageimage\| Destinations from Garden City Regional Airport

Statistics

Carrier shares (April 2021 - March 2022)^[4]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Envoy Air	57,210

Top domestic destinations
(April 2021 - March 2022)^[4]
Rank	Airport	Passengers	Airline
1	Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW)	28,640	American

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References

1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for GCK PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 30, 2021.
↑ "Essential Air Service Reports". U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
↑ Story about the 9/11 landings from the Garden City Telegram's web site ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
1 2 "Garden City, KS: Garden City Regional (GCK)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. September 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

Other sources

Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-1998-3503) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
- Order 2009-9-5 (September 11, 2009): re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Dodge City, Garden City, Great Bend, Hays, and Liberal for the two-year period from October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2011, at combined annual subsidy rates of $8,897,565. Garden City, Kansas: Docket OST-1998-3503; Effective Period: Start of Denver-Only service through September 30, 2011; Scheduled Service: 30 nonstop round trips per week to Denver; Aircraft: Beech 1900, 19 seats.
- Order 2011-10-24 (October 31, 2011): selecting American Eagle Airlines to provide essential air service (EAS) at Garden City for $2,919,026 annual subsidy. Effective Period: Two year period beginning when American Eagle begins full EAS through the 24th month thereafter. Service: 14 nonstop round trips per week to Dallas. Aircraft: Embraer Regional Jet.
- Order 2014-3-9 (March 14, 2014): selecting American Airlines to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Garden City, Kansas. Garden City, Kansas: Docket 1998-3503; Effective Period: May 1, 2014, through July 31, 2016; Service: Fourteen (14) nonstop round trips per week to Dallas (DFW); Aircraft Type: 44-seat or larger Regional Jet; Annual Subsidy: $1,445,172.

External links

Official website
"Airport diagram and aerial photo" (PDF). 10 June 2016. from Kansas DOT Airport Directory
Aerial image as of September 1991 from USGS The National Map
FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective January 25, 2024
FAA Terminal Procedures for GCK , effective January 25, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GCK
- AirNav airport information for KGCK
- ASN accident history for GCK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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[FAA-1] 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for GCK PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 30, 2021.

[2] "Essential Air Service Reports". U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 7, 2014.

[3] Story about the 9/11 landings from the Garden City Telegram's web site ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[transtats.bts.gov-4] 1 2 "Garden City, KS: Garden City Regional (GCK)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. September 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

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