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GCK to IOW: distance & flight time
Garden City (Garden City Regional Airport) → Iowa City (Iowa City Municipal Airport)
550 mi
886 km · 478 nm
1h 40m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
550 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 40m gate to gate, flying northeast. 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
- IOW — Iowa City Municipal Airport · Iowa City, 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 IOW
- CID · The Eastern Iowa Airport19 mi away
- MLI · Quad City International Airport55 mi away
- OTM · Ottumwa Regional Airport59 mi away
- BRL · Southeast Iowa Regional Airport63 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is GCK from IOW?
The flight distance from Garden City (GCK) to Iowa City (IOW) is 550 miles (886 km, 478 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GCK to IOW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 40m 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 IOW?
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