Garden City Regional Airport
| Garden City Regional Airport Garden City AAF |
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| IATA: GCK – ICAO: 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°WCoordinates: 37°55′39″N 100°43′28″W / 37.9275°N 100.72444°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 7,300 | 2,225 | Concrete |
| 12/30 | 5,700 | 1,737 | Concrete |
- For the Wold War II use of the airport, see Garden City Army Airfield
Garden City Regional Airport (IATA: GCK, ICAO: KGCK, FAA 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 |
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| 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.
[edit] References
- FAA Airport Master Record for GCK (Form 5010 PDF)
- Garden City Regional Airport (City of Garden City web site)
- Story about the 9/11 landings from the Garden City Telegram's web site
[edit] External links
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KGCK
- ASN accident history for GCK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
