Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Garden City
DFW → GCK
How long is the flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Garden City?
The flight from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Garden City (GCK) takes about 1h 14m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
This flight route operates between Dallas-Fort Worth and Garden City, utilizing Embraer RJ140 and RJ145 aircraft. With a total of 176 flights recorded, the route has a 70% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 17 minutes when not arriving on schedule.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Garden City (GCK) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 421 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.28%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Garden City the average ATFM delay is 1.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Garden City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Garden City (GCK) heads north-west for about 651 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 50% of DFW-GCK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Garden City it is 1.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 421 tracked DFW-GCK flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 4.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-GCK
The flight from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Garden City (GCK) takes about 1h 14m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Garden City (GCK) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 421 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Garden City is 4.28% across 421 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Garden City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
