Garden City Regional Airport (GCK) delays & on-time performance
Garden City, Kansas · 1 nonstop destinations · 2 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at GCK right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.3%
17 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
102 min when late
Departed on time
83%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 726 departures from GCK; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into GCK were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Garden City Regional Airport (GCK) arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2.3% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (83% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (82%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (87% on time); around 3pm did worst (77%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (32%).
Most delayed routes from GCK
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
Most reliable routes from GCK
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth83%726 flts
Best airline at GCK
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 83% | 0.6% | 16 min | 1 | 329 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 82% | 3.8% | 20 min | 1 | 397 |
Best time to fly out of GCK
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am87%328 flts
- 6am78%37 flts
- 2pm84%88 flts
- 3pm77%273 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Late-arriving aircraft30%
- Extreme weather27%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.