How reliable is Garden City Regional Airport?
Flights from GCK departed within 15 minutes of schedule in 83% of 4,521 flights in official BTS history. Here’s the full picture before you book.
Reliability score
on-time, cancellations & delays
Origin-airport operations
What the departure punctuality at GCK looks like
On-time departures
across 4,521 flights
Source: BTS Airport Operations · data through 2026-06-25. Role-specific BTS departure history; advisory context, not a guarantee for any flight.
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Weather by month
Weather history isn’t available for GCK yet
PlaneSane shows month-by-month airport weather once enough historical METAR/IEM observations are loaded for the airport. This does not mean the airport has no weather data forever; it means the current climatology table has no monthly coverage for Garden City Regional Airport.
The read on GCK
What the numbers say about flying through Garden City Regional Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Garden City left within 15 minutes of schedule about 83% of the time over 4,521 flights. That's a solid, better-than-average operational record. Pair it with an elevated cancellation rate of 3.0% — worth weighing alongside the on-time figure. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around 13 minutes.
None of this guarantees your specific flight — it’s the backdrop. To turn it into a booking, score real flights to Garden City, read how we weigh it all in how the PlaneSane Score works, and brush up with how to pick a reliable flight and avoiding weather delays.
Common questions about GCK
- How reliable is Garden City Regional Airport (GCK)?
- Flights from Garden City left within 15 minutes of schedule roughly 83% of the time across 4,521 flights of official history — a solid, better-than-average operational record. The cancellation rate runs about 3.0%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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