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Class D

Garden City Regional Airport

ID KGCK FAA GCK Elev 2,891 ft Lat 37° 55.65' N Lon 100° 43.44' W Zulu …

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Runways at KGCK

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 7,299 ft. Max gradient: 0.23%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
17 180.4° 7,299 ft 100 ft PEM Yes 0.16%
35 0.4° 7,299 ft 100 ft PEM Yes 0.16%
12 135.4° 5,700 ft 100 ft Concrete Yes 0.23%
30 315.4° 5,700 ft 100 ft Concrete Yes 0.23%

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

7 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ASOS ASOS 121.325
  • GND GND 119.000
  • TWR TWR 118.150
  • CTAF CTAF 118.150
  • CNTR KANSAS CITY CNTR 125.200
  • RDO WICHITA RDO 122.450
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

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Navaids associated with KGCK

  • NDB GC

    Pieve

    0.35 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW

  • VORTAC GCK

    Garden City

    113.30 MHz · DME 113.30 · BOTH · HIGH

Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for KGCK, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom. Cycle 22JAN2026.

1 matched · 38 not yet translated

All translated remarks (1)

  • Airport attended 1300–0300Z‡. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1300–0300Z‡.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (38 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·KANSAS 99 GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK)(KGCK) 8 SE UTC–6(–5DT) N37º55.65´ W100º43.47´ 2891 B ARFF Index—See Remarks NOTAM FILE GCK RWY 17–35: H7299X100 (CONC–GRVD) S–76, D–91, 2S–114, 2D–125 PCR 270 R/D/W/T HIRL RWY 17: REIL.
  • ·VASI(V4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 39´.
  • ·VASI(V4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 41´.
  • ·RWY 12–30: H5700X100 (CONC) S–48, D–60 PCR 290 R/D/W/T MIRL RWY 12: REIL.
  • ·PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.0º TCH 47´.
  • ·PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.0º TCH 46´.
  • ·RWY 12: TORA–5700 TODA–5700 ASDA–5700 LDA–5700 RWY 17: TORA–7299 TODA–7299 ASDA–7299 LDA–7299 RWY 30: TORA–5700 TODA–5700 ASDA–5700 LDA–5700 RWY 35: TORA–7299 TODA–7299 ASDA–7299 LDA–7299
  • ·S4 FUEL 100LL, JET A OX 2 LGT ACTIVATE MIRL Rwy 12–30, HIRL Rwy 17–35, REIL Rwy 17, Rwy 12, Rwy 30 and MALSR Rwy 35—CTAF.
  • ·PAPI Rwys 12 and 30 on 24 hrs
  • ·For svc after hrs call 620–275–5055.
  • ·CLOSED to unscheduled air carrier ops with more than 30 passengers seats except PPR 48 hrs call arpt manager 620–276–1190/ 620–290–3810.
  • ·Air carrier ops are not authorized in excess of 15 mins before or after scheduled arrival/departure times without prior coordination with arpt manager and confirmation that ARFF is avbl prior to ldg or tkf.
  • ·In the event of an air carrier diversion or other irregular ops events, aircraft opr should contact arpt manager 620–290–3810.
  • ·Facility constraints include: lack of intl passenger processing facilities, ltd number of parking positions and ltd terminal space for passengers.
  • ·Rwy 35 designated the calm wind rwy.
  • ·Twr blind spot on the North Twy A hold bay.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 620-276-1190
  • ·ASOS 121.325 (620) 275–0803.
  • ·CTAF 118.15 UNICOM 122.95 RCO 122.2 (WICHITA RADIO) ®KANSAS CITY CENTER APP/DEP CON 125.2 TOWER 118.15 (1300–0300Z‡) GND CON 119.0 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD if una to ctc on FSS freq, ctc Kansas City ARTCC at 913-254-8508.
  • ·CLASS D svc 1300–0300Z‡; other times CLASS E.
  • ·(VH) (H) VORTACW 113.3 GCK Chan 80 N37º55.14´ W100º43.50´ at fld. 2878/11E.
  • ·TACAN AZIMUTH unusable: 280º–010º blo 4,000´ 280º–010º byd 11 NM ILS 109.9 I–GCK Rwy 35.
  • ·COMM/NAV/WEATHER REMARKS: FSS communications unreliable below 4400´ at 40 NM.
  • ·GARDNER MUNI (K34) 1 W UTC–6(–5DT) N38º48.41´ W94º57.40´ 1040 B NOTAM FILE COU RWY 17–35: 3224X60 (TURF) LIRL 0.3% up S RWY 17: Tree.
  • ·RWY 08–26: H2399X36 (ASPH) S–6 PCN 3 F/C/Y/U LIRL(NSTD) RWY 08: Fence.
  • ·RWY 03–21: 1871X60 (TURF) RWY 03: Tree.
  • ·S4 FUEL 100LL LGT Rwy 08–26 NSTD LIRL: 35 ft outboard of rwy 240 ft spacings.
  • ·Rwy 08 end, one light each side of rwy, Rwy 26 end, three lights outboard each side.
  • ·Rwy 17–35 rwy end lgts NA.
  • ·Attended Mon–Fri 1400–2200Z‡.

+ 8 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

IATA · GCK

Chart Supplement

FAA Chart Supplement entry for KGCK — runway, frequencies, FBO, fuel, hours, NOTAMs, special procedures.

NTSB events at KGCK

32 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

7

since 1982

Fatal

2

28.6% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

0

no recent events

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 56,250 ops in 1990

2024 total

14,862

10-yr total

165,637

2024 mix

AC/AT 24% · GA 64% · Mil 11%

Events / million ops

0.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

The honest comparison — events normalized by exposure. A field doing 4× the operations will see more events at the same per-op rate. Per million ops is what matters.

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=32

  • Other 25
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Loss of control 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Hard landing 1
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Ground collision 1

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2011-07-02 ARION AIRCRAFT LLC LIGHTNING LS-1 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2005-06-11 Mazzon Dragonfly · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2002-10-02 Piper PA-18A · CFIT · IMC · night →
1990-03-01 Cessna 195 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1988-01-19 Gulfstream 500B · Stall / spin · night →
1987-03-21 Cessna T337C · Other · VMC · day →
1982-08-04 Cessna T337C · Other · day →
1981-11-29 Cessna 182 · Other →
1981-10-12 Beech M35 · Other →
1980-07-29 Piper PA-25 · Other →
1979-12-04 Hughes 269C · Other →
1979-09-05 Cessna 210L · Ground collision →
1978-09-18 Cessna 401A · Other →
1978-08-31 Cessna 182P · Other →
1978-01-01 Cessna 310L · Other →
1977-10-22 Beech A-36 · Other →
1976-10-02 Cessna 310G · Other →
1975-11-05 Cessna 182J · Other →
1973-08-03 Fairchild M62C · Other →
1972-10-07 MINI-ACE CA-61 · Other →
1971-04-24 Cessna 182 · Other →
1970-12-15 Cessna 172 · Other →
1969-08-30 Piper PA-32 · Other →
1968-11-10 Cessna 182L · Other →
1968-09-27 Beech 23 · Other →
1968-06-25 Bell 47G · Other →
1967-08-04 Bellanca 14-13 · Other →
1967-05-17 Mooney M20E · Other →
1966-11-03 Beech A23 · Weather →
1966-09-01 Beech A-23A · Other →
1966-05-20 Beech 35-C33 · Other →
1964-05-07 Cessna 172A · Other →

Designees in KS

Every aviation professional and organization in the same state as KGCK — instructors, examiners, mechanics, schools, FBOs, flying clubs, repair shops, EAA chapters. Click any category to drill into the full directory.

CFI

852

Flight Instructors

A&P

3,852

Mechanics

AME

34

Medical Examiners (AME)

DME

12

Mechanic Examiners (DME)

DAR-F

8

Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F)

DAR-T

7

Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T)

DER-Y

10

Engineering — Company (DER-Y)

DER-T

70

Engineering — Consultant (DER-T)

SAE

23

Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE)

TCE

98

Training Center Evaluators (TCE)

ODA

14

Organizational Designations

Schools

28

Flight Schools

FBO

75

Fixed Base Operators

Clubs

14

Flying Clubs

Repair

4

Repair / Maintenance Shops

EAA

13

EAA Chapters

DPEs near KGCK

Closest FAA Designated Pilot Examiners by great-circle distance from the field. Distances measured city-centroid to airport — useful as a first cut, not a guarantee of exam location. Click any designee for their authorizations and contact info.

Designee City ST Distance
Christina Genova Dodge City KS 35 nm
Jared Jay Bixenman Colby KS 89 nm
Shane Scott De Weese Hutchinson KS 133 nm
Michael Eugene Tevis Andale KS 147 nm
Gerald Warren Griggs Goddard KS 151 nm
Matthew Paul Freund Goddard KS 151 nm
Anthony B Condon Salina KS 156 nm
Brandy Suzonne Shaw Salina KS 156 nm
William Robert Mcdonald Salina KS 156 nm
Christopher Dale Bleakney Wichita KS 161 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs near KGCK

Closest active flight instructors by city-centroid distance. Pulled from the FAA airmen registry — ratings shown reflect the certificate on file. Drill into the state directory for filters by rating, medical, and pilot level.

Instructor City ST Distance
Christopher James Coash Garden City KS 7 nm
Robert John Penner Ingalls KS 14 nm
Terry Lynn Koehn Montezuma KS 24 nm
William Scott Bryant Lakin KS 25 nm
Lloyd Marshall Watson Sublette KS 27 nm
Michael Lee Woodruff Satanta KS 32 nm
Kyle Cameron Meairs Satanta KS 32 nm
Warren Dean Harkness Scott City KS 34 nm
Stephen Robert Maxwell Dodge City KS 35 nm
Jeremy Scott Derstein Dodge City KS 35 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics near KGCK

Closest certificated mechanics by city-centroid distance. Airframe (A), Powerplant (P), and Inspection Authorization (IA) are the ratings that matter for annuals, 100-hours, and major repairs.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Jon Andrew Crotts Garden City KS 7 nm
Edward Grant Adams Garden City KS 7 nm
Jeffery Franklin Jervis Garden City KS 7 nm
Gary Gene Keller Garden City KS 7 nm
Craig Alan Moeckel Garden City KS 7 nm
Randall Kirk Smith Ingalls KS 14 nm
Allen Ray Nichols Cimarron KS 19 nm
Sidney Lynn Hodgs Cimarron KS 19 nm
John Robert Hollingsworth Jr Montezuma KS 24 nm
John Russell Jennings Lakin KS 25 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations near KGCK

Closest repair, avionics, paint, and interior shops by airport location. These are the businesses you'll fly the airplane to — not just the certificate-holders nearby. Click any shop for details and contact info.

Shop Distance
Wrenn Aviation
Enid, OK
 169 nm
Redline Aviation
Amarillo, TX
 178 nm
Rampart Aviation
Colorado Springs, CO
 195 nm
Mile High Aircraft Services
Watkins, CO
 211 nm
Arapahoe Aero - Avionics and Maintenance
Englewood, CO
 217 nm
Centennial Aero-Tech
Englewood, CO
 217 nm
Avionics Services, Inc.
Norman, OK
 225 nm
Advanced AeroTechnologies Group
Greeley, CO
 236 nm
Freedom Air Avionics
Broomfield, CO
 237 nm
Aero Prop USA
Broomfield, CO
 237 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.