Garden City Regional Airport

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Garden City Regional Airport
Garden City AAF
Garden City Regional Airport KS 2006 USGS.jpg
2008 USGS airphoto
IATA: GCKICAO: KGCK
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator City of Garden City
Location Pierceville Township, Finney County, near Garden City, Kansas
Elevation AMSL 2,890 ft / 880.9 m
Coordinates 37°55′39″N 100°43′28″W / 37.9275°N 100.72444°W / 37.9275; -100.72444Coordinates: 37°55′39″N 100°43′28″W / 37.9275°N 100.72444°W / 37.9275; -100.72444
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 7,300 2,225 Concrete
12/30 5,700 1,737 Concrete
Garden City RAP is located in Kansas
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Garden City RAP
Location of Garden City Regional Airport, Kansas
For the Wold War II use of the airport, see Garden City Army Airfield

Garden City Regional Airport (IATA: GCKICAO: KGCKFAA LID: GCK) is a public airport located eight miles (13 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Garden City, in Finney County, Kansas, USA. The airport covers 1,848 acres (748 ha) and has two runways. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also currently served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service (EAS) program. In December, 2011, the EAS program awarded a second airline, American Eagle Airlines two daily non-stop flights to Dallas-Fort Worth.

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[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
American Eagle Airlines Dallas-Fort Worth [begins April 3, 2012]
Great Lakes Airlines Denver, Kansas City, Liberal, Salina [all service ends April 2, 2012]

[edit] 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 known as Garden City Army Airfield.

The main Garden City Army Airfield and it's auxiliaries were closed at the end of the war 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.

Garden City Regional Airport's former status as Garden City AAF helped it serve an important role during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. When orders were dispatched to ground all domestic flights, three large jets were ordered to land at GCRA as it was the closest airport with runways that could accommodate the planes. Since planes of such size don't normally use the airport, the passengers had to be evacuated with the aid of ladder trucks from the Garden City Fire Department.

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