Nonstop flight route between Garden City, Kansas, United States and Panama City, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Garden City Regional Airport (GCK), Garden City, Kansas, United States and Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM), Panama City, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,021 miles (or 1,643 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Garden City Regional Airport and Tyndall Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GCK / KGCK |
| Airport Name: | Garden City Regional Airport |
| Location: | Garden City, Kansas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°55'39"N by 100°43'27"W |
| Area Served: | Garden City, Kansas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Garden City |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2891 feet (881 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GCK |
| More Information: | GCK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PAM / KPAM |
| Airport Name: | Tyndall Air Force Base |
| Location: | Panama City, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°4'42"N by 85°34'35"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from PAM |
| More Information: | PAM Maps & Info |
Facts about Garden City Regional Airport (GCK):
- The main Garden City Army Airfield and its auxiliaries closed in November 1945 and were declared excess by the military on 18 May 1947.
- The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.
- The furthest airport from Garden City Regional Airport (GCK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,860 miles (17,477 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Garden City Regional Airport (GCK) is Dodge City Regional Airport (DDC), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) ESE of GCK.
- Garden City Regional Airport (GCK) has 2 runways.
Facts about Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM):
- The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is also headquartered at Tyndall and a branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate also has facilities at the base.
- The closest airport to Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Panama City–Bay County International Airport (PFN), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of PAM.
- In September 1957, Tyndall became an Air Defense Command, later Aerospace Defense Command, base until October 1979 when ADC was inactivated and all its bases and units transferred to Tactical Air Command.
- In December 1940, a site board determined that Flexible Gunnery School No.
- The furthest airport from Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,235 miles (18,080 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- It also received a Back-Up Interceptor Control II, and later BUIC III, capability to perform command and control functions.
- On 1 October 1979, this site came under Tactical Air Command jurisdiction with the inactivation of Aerospace Defense Command and the formation of ADTAC.
