Grand Prairie Municipal
GPM · KGPM · Grand Prairie, Texas · Tarrant County · map
Grand Prairie Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Grand Prairie, 4 miles southwest of Grand Prairie, Texas, 590 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 4,001 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGPM · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGPM 062015Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 30/08 A3000 RMK AO2 T02980084
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GPM · ICAO KGPM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Grand Prairie
- Elevation
- 590 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 612 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm daylight time; 8:00 am to 6:00 pm standard time
- Attended
- MARCH to OCTOBER, Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; NOVEMBER to FEBRUARY, Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; Sunday, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1968
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 18: VASI, four boxes on the left, building 20 ft high 790 ft from the end
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 24 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.55 | Grand Prairie |
| UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Ground | 121.15 | Grand Prairie |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Dallas Area Dp North | 135.975 | Grand Prairie |
| Motza and star · Wesat and star South | 118.1 | Grand Prairie |
| Gpm and aWOS-3P | 118.475 | |
| Sasie and star · Truuk Rnav Star | 124.3 | Grand Prairie |
| Dodje and star · Reeko and star | 125.2 | Grand Prairie |
| Likes and star · Motza and star · Wesat and star South; North | 125.8 | Grand Prairie |
| Dodje and star | 125.9 | Grand Prairie |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 972-606-1433.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Grand Prairie from the FAA register
157 aircraft are registered to owners in Grand Prairie, Texas: 82 helicopters, 63 piston singles, 4 balloons, 3 piston twins, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Extensive helicopter traffic west side of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 36 aft the control tower closed - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: 812 feet above ground level fixed wing, 612 feet above ground level rotary wing.
- West grass for rotary wing use only.
- No ADS-B billing or landing fees. General aviation transient ramp free for short term only.
- 165 feet. Water tower, 1/4 mile west of runway
- Runway 18/36 wip grass cutting adjacent orange robotic mowers
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.