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GCK to EMP: distance & flight time
Garden City (Garden City Regional Airport) → Kempten (Emporia Municipal Airport)
248 mi
399 km · 215 nm
1h 7m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
248 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 7m gate to gate, flying east. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- GCK — Garden City Regional Airport · Garden City, United States
- EMP — Emporia Municipal Airport · Kempten, Germany
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 EMP
- FOE · Topeka Regional Airport - Forbes Field51 mi away
- FRI · Marshall Army Air Field59 mi away
- TOP · Philip Billard Municipal Airport59 mi away
- CNU · Chanute Martin Johnson Airport60 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is GCK from EMP?
The flight distance from Garden City (GCK) to Kempten (EMP) is 248 miles (399 km, 215 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GCK to EMP?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 7m 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 cheapest way to fly from GCK to EMP?
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