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).
Weather right now KGPZ · observed 3:56 pm CDT (20:56 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.73 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 KGPZ 062056Z AUTO 28011KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP070 T02220094 51001
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.