Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field
GPZ · KGPZ · Grand Rapids, Minnesota · Itasca County · map
Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field is a public-use airport owned by Grand Rapids / Itasca CO, 2 miles southeast of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, 1,356 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 5,756 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 62 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 19,560 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field?
Its FAA code is GPZ, and its ICAO code is KGPZ.
Where is Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field?
It is 2 miles southeast of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, 1,356 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 16/34, is 5,756 feet long.
Does Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Sky Hawk Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field?
3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GPZ · ICAO KGPZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Grand Rapids / Itasca CO
- Elevation
- 1,356 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm; November to March, every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,756 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 34: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), brush 37 ft high 1,378 ft from the end
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Gpz and aWOS-3PT | 118.425 | |
| Duluth and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-326-8337.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, beach gear, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Range Regional (29 nm east), Aitkin Muni/Steve Kurtz Field (40 nm south), Eveleth/Virginia Municipal (43 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 34; runway end identifier lights runway 05, 16, 23; PAPI runway 05, 16, 23, 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; high-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- 228 feet paved area at north end.
- Calm wind runway.
- Unusable beyond 6 degreess left and right of centerline.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 60 |
| jets | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,560, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,000 |
| general aviation, local | 14,000 |
| military | 60 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Grand Rapids from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in Grand Rapids, Minnesota: 46 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops, 2 helicopters. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Sky Hawk Flying Club 1 aircraft · Grand Rapids Sky Hawk Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club founded in 1971, based at Omaha/Millard Municipal Airport (KMLE) in Omaha, Nebraska.
Charter operators and airlines based in Grand Rapids:
- Northern Air Transport INC 4 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Grand Rapids:
- Airways Aviation INC Airways Aviation Center is a fixed-base operator and certified repair station located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners.
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Grand Rapids 53 aircraft · 46 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops
- State of Minnesota 7 aircraft in town
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 2 aircraft in town
- Airways Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Northern Air Transport INC 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Sky Hawk Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Airways Aviation INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,936 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GPZ.json.
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 27, 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.