Grand Rapids–Itasca County Airport Explained

Grand Rapids–Itasca County Airport
Nativename:Gordon Newstrom Field
Iata:GPZ
Icao:KGPZ
Type:Public
Operator:Grand Rapids / Itasca County, Minnesota
Location:Minnesota
Elevation-F:1355
Pushpin Map:USA Minnesota#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Minnesota / United States
Pushpin Label:GPZ
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-F:5,747
R1-Length-M:1,752
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:5/23
R2-Length-F:3,000
R2-Length-M:914
R2-Surface:Asphalt
R3-Number:10/28
R3-Length-F:1,334
R3-Length-M:407
R3-Surface:Turf
Stat1-Header:Based aircraft (2017)
Stat1-Data:75

Grand Rapids–Itasca County Airport, also known as Gordon Newstrom Field or Gordy Newstrom Field, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Grand Rapids, a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The airport has three runways.[1]

Scheduled commercial flights to Minneapolis via Mesaba Airlines were operated from 1973 until March 2004. Mesaba began an affiliation with Northwest Airlines in late 1984 at which time the service began operating as Northwest Airlink.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 1400 acres (567 ha) at an elevation of 1,355 feet (413 m) above mean sea level. In January 2017, there were 75 aircraft based at this airport: 71 single-engine, 3 multi-engine and 1 jet.

Airlines and destinations

Cargo

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Notes and References

  1. http://grandrapids.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7B938C328A-AD1C-45AA-A862-764C60A37DEF%7D/uploads/%7B7E8C4920-D1DC-4696-9A43-FFDC416924E4%7D.PDF Grand Rapids – Itasca County Airport (GPZ) Gordy Newstrom Field