Airport Location

Garden City Regional Airport is located along U.S. Highway 50/400, ten miles southeast of the City of Garden City. Owned and operated by the City of Garden City, the airport is classified as a primary commercial service airport. Garden City Regional Airport is currently served by two commuter carriers providing five daily departures and is ideally situated to accommodate air service demand for the Southwestern Kansas region. The airport also supports a wide variety of commercial and general aviation uses including charter flights, air cargo operations, corporate aviation, pilot training, air ambulance, and leisure flying. Garden City Regional Airport serves and estimated 20,000 annual take-offs and landings and currently has 52 based aircraft.  An air traffic control tower is manned daily between 0700 and 2100 hours.

The geographic coordinates of the Airport Reference Point (ARP) are latitude 37"55.65' N and longitude 100"43.47' W. The airport elevation is 2,890 feet above Mean Sea Level (MSL).

The airport encompasses approximately 1,850 acres of land located on the southwest side of U.S. Highway 50, which traverses south-central Kansas en route to ultimate connections with Hutchinson, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri to the east, and Lamar, Pueblo and Grand Junction, Colorado to the west. Major highways providing access to the airport are U.S. Highways 50/400 and 83, and Kansas State Highways 23 and 156.