Garden City Regional Airport ( IATA : GCK , ICAO : KGCK , FAA LID : GCK ) is nine miles southeast of Garden City , in Finney County, Kansas , United States. It sees one scheduled airline, subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $ 2,919,026 (per year).
5-781: The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. 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
10-731: Is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets. NPIAS was developed and now maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It identifies existing and proposed airports that are significant to national air transportation in the U.S., and thus eligible to receive federal grants under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). It also includes estimates of the amount of AIP money needed to fund infrastructure development projects that will bring these airports up to current design standards and add capacity to congested airports. The FAA
15-416: 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
20-604: 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. 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
25-702: Was upgraded on November 30, 2022 with 65-seat Bombardier CRJ700 series regional jets operated by SkyWest Airlines . 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). 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. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems ( NPIAS )
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