Flights Garden City → Dallas-Fort Worth
GCK → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Garden City to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with an average on-time performance rate of 84%, experiencing a mean delay of 11.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 176 flights using Embraer RJ145 and RJ140 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 87.8 million passengers annually.
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 Garden City (GCK) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 238 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.88%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Garden City the average ATFM delay is 1.1 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Garden City (GCK) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads south-east for about 651 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Garden City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of GCK-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Garden City the average ATFM delay is 1.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 238 tracked GCK-DFW flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 5.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about GCK-DFW
On the Garden City (GCK) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 238 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Garden City-Dallas-Fort Worth is 5.88% across 238 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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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.
