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GCK to DET: distance & flight time
Garden City (Garden City Regional Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
983 mi
1,582 km · 854 nm
2h 36m
estimated nonstop flight time
+1h
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
983 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 36m gate to gate, flying northeast. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time gain when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- GCK — Garden City Regional Airport · Garden City, United States
- DET — Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport · Detroit, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near GCK
- DDC · Dodge City Regional Airport43 mi away
- LBL · Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport62 mi away
- GUY · Guymon Municipal Airport96 mi away
- HYS · Hays Regional Airport101 mi away
Near DET
- DTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport22 mi away
- YQG · Windsor Airport10 mi away
- MTC · Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport17 mi away
- PTK · Oakland County International Airport27 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is GCK from DET?
The flight distance from Garden City (GCK) to Detroit (DET) is 983 miles (1,582 km, 854 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GCK to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 36m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the time difference between Garden City and Detroit?
Detroit is 1 hour ahead of Garden City.
What is the cheapest way to fly from GCK to DET?
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