KGCK · Garden City Regional Airport

GARDEN CITY, KANSAS · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

2,891

Elevation ft

Runways

7,299

Longest ft · 17/35

37.93N

100.72W

Garden City Regional Airport serves Garden City, Kansas at 2,891 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 7,299 by 100 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
17/35	7,299 × 100 ft	asphalt (PEM)	lit
12/30	5,700 × 100 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 2,891 ft is about 9°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 9°C)	2,891 ft	3,002 ft	2,415 ft	3,623 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	4,091 ft	3,236 ft	2,542 ft	3,812 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	5,291 ft	3,470 ft	2,668 ft	4,002 ft
35°C afternoon	5,985 ft	3,605 ft	2,741 ft	4,112 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 7,299 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,112 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KGCK is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KTQK Scott City Municipal Airport	34 nm N	5,002 ft
KULS Ulysses Airport	36 nm SW	6,000 ft
KDDC Dodge City Regional Airport	37 nm E	6,899 ft
K3K7 Mark Hoard Memorial Airport	43 nm NW	5,100 ft
KJHN Stanton County Municipal Airport	52 nm SW	5,200 ft
KLBL Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport	54 nm S	7,105 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KGCK

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KGCK, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KGCK or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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